Myanmar: Female human rights defender killed while protesting mining
Özet
Date Reported: 22 Ara 2014
Lokasyon: Myanmar
Şirketler
Ivanhoe Mines - Parent Company , Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited (MICCL) - SubsidiaryProjeler
Monywa - OperationEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Topluluk: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Endonezya , Madencilik , Gender not reported )Meseleler
Forced Relocation , Impacts on Livelihoods , Cinayetler , Protestolar , İnsan Hakları SavunucularıYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: News outlet
"Woman Killed While Protesting Chinese Copper Mine in Myanmar", 22 Dec 2014
A villager protesting the expansion of a Chinese copper mine in Myanmar was shot and killed on Monday, witnesses said, in the latest bout of violence to mar the project... Villagers reached by telephone said the slain woman, Daw Khin Win, 56, was shot by security forces as the police and Chinese employees of the mine were erecting a fence in one of the villages where land had been seized for the expansion of the operation. More than a dozen people were wounded in clashes with security forces, witnesses said...