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'War means blood': Can a treaty stop Latin American activists being killed?


War means blood : Can a treaty stop Latin American activists being killed?
Reuters
10 hrs ago
By Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
BOGOTA, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A treaty aimed at protecting activists in Latin America could be a life-saving watershed in a region where scores are murdered each year, but the pact s success will depend on the commitment of governments and big business, rights advocates said.
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FILE - Indigenous and environmental activist Lottie Cunningham Wren is seen on a screen as a laureate of the 2020 Right Livelihood Award during the 2020 awarding ceremony in Stockholm on December 3, 2020. ....

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Can a treaty stop Latin American activists being killed?


Scores of activists murdered in Latin America every year
Groundbreaking treaty targets violence, impunity
Government commitment, corporate change seen vital
By Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A treaty aimed at protecting activists in Latin America could be a life-saving watershed in a region where scores are murdered each year, but the pact s success will depend on the commitment of governments and big business, rights advocates said.
Nicaraguan activist Lottie Cunningham, who described the Escazu treaty as extremely important , has come to expect death threats and online abuse as she fights mining and agriculture projects on indigenous lands in the Central American country. ....

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ANALYSIS: Treaty could stop Latin American activists being killed


ANALYSIS: Treaty could stop Latin American activists being killed
Thomson Reuters Foundation, BOGOTA
A treaty aimed at protecting activists in Latin America could be a “life-saving” watershed in a region where scores are murdered each year, but the pact’s success would depend on the commitment of governments and big business, rights advocates said.
Nicaraguan lawyer and activist Lottie Cunningham, who described the Escazu Agreement as “extremely important,” has come to expect death threats and online abuse as she fights mining and agriculture projects on indigenous lands in the Central American country.
“We have suffered intimidation, harassment and death threats defending indigenous rights, and mother earth and its natural resources,” Cunningham said by telephone. ....

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