content tagged with ecology rights

Tuğçe Yılmaz

The struggle in Turkey for ecocide to be recognized as a crime

The struggle in Turkey for ecocide to be recognized as a crime

Melis Tantan of the Ecocide Law Citizens’ Initiative spoke to bianet about the struggle that continues to work towards preventing environmental damage.

27 December 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Criminal complaint against mining company: ‘It is a crime against humanity’

Criminal complaint against mining company: ‘It is a crime against humanity’

The people of Özkonak town in Nevşehir province have appealed to the International Criminal Court and filed a criminal complaint against the executives of the Canadian Centerra Gold Company on charge of “committing a crime against humanity”.

18 December 2020

‘What is done is done in Kirazlıyayla, what happens if we win the lawsuit?’

DEMİR FROM BURSA NATURE ASSOCIATION

‘What is done is done in Kirazlıyayla, what happens if we win the lawsuit?’

The villagers of Kirazlıyayla in Bursa are still resisting against the works of Meyra Mining Company for a lead, zinc and copper processing plant and tailings dam in the region.

30 June 2020 Sakine Orman