Over 300 organizations from 44 countries and territories along with 180 academics and legal experts from 21 countries have signed this joint letter ahead of the February 3rd retrial of five prominent Salvadoran water defenders who are facing politically-motivated charges. The letter lays out the ways in which mining would increase El Salvador’s risk of environmental contamination, human rights violations, and public health concerns, and requests that President Bukele listen to water-defender movements in El Salvador and not allow new mining developments.
GRAN is one of the signatories to this letter, supporting the human rights of local and Indigenous peoples to have access to clean water and to have the right to protest when that is threatened.
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