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Afrika Film Festival in Köln
Heute hat das Afrika Film Festival in Köln begonnen. Schwerpunktmäßig geht es dieses Jahr um Landgrabbing. Es werden auch zwei Filme zum Thema Uran gezeigt.
Read MoreNuclear power’s death spiral and the demise of uranium miners
Days after the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2017 has been published, WISE International launched an article by Jim Green “Nuclear power’s death spiral and the demise of uranium miners”, exploring on a global level the future of uranium and uranium mining companies. It becomes obvious that even pro-nuclear people see the future of nuclear…
Read MoreCongress, 14 – 17 September 2017, University of Basel
The participants in the international conference Human Rights, Future Generations and Crimes in the Nuclear Age, held in Basel from September 14-17, 2017, affirm that the risks and impacts of nuclear weapons, depleted uranium weapons and nuclear energy, which are both transnational and trans-generational, constitute a violation of human rights, a transgression of international humanitarian…
Read More“We make sound to leave uranium in the ground!”
Tansania ist vom Uranbergbau bedroht. In Hamburg werden Aktivisten aus Afrika am 27. September im Rahmen einer Infoveranstaltung berichten. Musikalisch wird der Abend u.a. von Swahili Records bereichert. Die tansanischen Aktivisten A. Lyamunda und W. Mahundi berichten über Fakten & Folgen über den Uranbergbau in Afrika. Internationale Firmen fördern dort ohne Rücksicht auf die Gesundheit…
Read MoreVeranstaltung in Dresden: “Es ist nicht vorbei – Uranbergbau global”
Im Kunsthaus Dresden sprachen Montag abend, 11. September, zunächst Grit Ruhland über ihren künstlerisch motivierten “approach” (Ansatz) an die Uranbergbauproblematik, im Anschluss Gäste aus Afrika über die aktuelle Entwicklung in ihren Herkunftsländern.
Read MoreDemonstration in Lingen / Germany on 9. september
Demonstration in Lingen / Germany on 9. september Stop german support for Tihange + Doel!No exports from german uranium facilities! In Germany are two uranium facilities, missing in the german nuclear phase out: The uranium enrichment facility in Gronau (Westphalia) and the nuclear fuel elements facility in Lingen/ Ems. These uranium facilities can work unlimited…
Read MoreTanzania: Opposition MP Tundu Lissu wounded by gunmen / Tansania: Spitzenpolitiker und Regierungskritiker Tundu Lissu niedergeschossen
Tanzanian opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu, a fierce critic of President John Magufuli’s government, was seriously wounded in a gun attack on Thursday, police and party officials said. Human rights groups condemned the shooting as a “cowardly attack”. Tundu was active in Human Rights issues and critical of the extractive industries based on his experiences; in…
Read MoreInternationale Anti-Atom-Aktivist*innen auf Deutschlandreise
Veranstaltungsreihe im September: Zur Zeit befinden sich drei Aktivisten aus Afrika auf einer Deutschland-Rundreise. Es sind Veranstaltungen und die Teilnahme an Aktionen in Lingen (9.9.), Münster (10.9.), Köln (10.9.), Dresden (11.9.), Berlin (12.9.) und in Freiburg (20.9.) geplant.
Read MoreRosatom will freeze uranium project in Tanzania for at least three years
“Rosatom State Corporation, which planned to start mining uranium at the Mkuju River mine in southern Tanzania in 2018, decided to postpone the development of the project until the demand for uranium is restored, which is expected not earlier than 2020” (Traslated from Russian via google tranlsate) read the article
Read MoreIndia’s search for uranium could displace 4,000 in 13 tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh
India’s appetite for uranium is growing rapidly. It has 22 nuclear power reactors that produce 3 per cent of its electricity, but the government wants to take this share to 25 per cent by 2050. As the villages are in a Fifth Schedule area, they are governed by a special administrative system, and any exploratory…
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