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20 years ago 23/3/98 the Mirarr people call to blockade the Jabiluka / Kakadua uranium mine. Here is a great film about it: FIGHT FOR COUNTRY – THE STORY OF THE JABILUKA BLOCKADE by Pip Starr. We have shown “Fight For Country” in Rio and several other cities like Berlin in the past. learn more:…
read moreThe Window Rock Uranium Film festival is scheduled for November 29th to December 1st and it will remember the legendary Indigenous World Uranium Summit (IWUS) that happened exactly 12 years before at the same location. In addition to the film screenings discussions and round tables about the question of uranium mining and nuclear power are…
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Am Samstag den 24.2.2018 gingen in Salamanca 5000 Menschen auf die Straße. Auch die Vereinigung der ehemaligen Minenarbeiter aus Portugal: Vitimas de Radioactividade ATMU (Associacao dos ex-Trabalhadores Minas de Uranio) waren dabei.
read moreOn 21. Feb. 2018, 110 Tanzanian Civil Society (CSOs) organisations published a brief report on the Human Rights situation in Tanzania, listing some shootings and disappearances as examples as well as other occurrences: “These incidents includes armed attacks, atrocious killings, injuries, enforced disappearance, brutality, arrests, malicious prosecutions targeting human rights defenders (HRDs), journalists, politicians and…
read moreThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a 20-year ban on uranium mining around Grand Canyon National Park but ruled in a separate case that a uranium company could open a mine nearby. The two unanimous rulings by the three-judge panel came as the Trump administration considers lifting the ban,…
read moreEinige Monate haben wir uns als Kampagne auf dieses Event vorbereitet. Webseite, Infomaterial, Petition, Aktions- und Demo-Planung erforderten intensive internationale, und innerhalb Deutschlands organisationsübergreifende Planung und Absprache.
read moreThe australian uranium mining company Paladin Energy was put into administration in July and the company is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Critics of the uranium industry won’t miss the company if it disappears. But who cleans up its mess in Africa?
read moreNach über drei Jahren der Recherche an den Originalschauplätzen ist ein Jugendbuch erschienen, das über die Notwendigkeit der Energiewende und die immer noch ungelösten Gefahren der Atomenergie berichtet. Aus der Rezension: http://www.schattenblick.de/… Aber wie erklärt man Kindern und Jugendlichen das herbeigewirtschaftete atomare Desaster? Wie will man ihnen den radioaktiven, giftigen und höchst gefährlichen Atommüll begreiflich…
read morePeninsula Energy Limited has decided to exit and sell its interests in the Karoo Projects in South Africa (Karoo Projects). It looks like we have won. Peninsula Energy Limited withdraws from the Karoo, citing the bleak long-term outlook and the cost structure for the Karoo, anti-uranium-activists told. “We have said that before. Let’s pop the champagne…
read moreNuclear power is no solution to climate change – but dirty energy companies and their government backers are trying to exploit the Paris climate agreement. Global leaders are meeting in Bonn, Germany in November to decide how the world will act on the agreement to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Nuclear power is…
read moreVergangenen Donnerstag ketteten sich Atomkraftgegner*innen auf der Zugstrecke Münster-Gronau an zwei Betonblöcken im Gleisbett fest. Drei blockierten die Weiterfahrt eines mit Uranhexaflourid zur Brennelementeherstellung beladenen Zuges in Fahrtrichtung zur Anreicherungsanlage Gronau. Drei weitere befestigten sich hinter dem Zug. Die Polizei brauchte bis zum nächsten Morgen, um die Blockaden aufzulösen. weitere Infos: http://urantransport.de/2017/10/uranzug-nahe-gronau-blockiert/
read moreTansania ist reich an Bodenschätzen, ihr Export einer der wichtigen Devisenbringer. Pläne zum Uranabbau wurden wegen des niedrigen Weltmarktpreises für Uran zwar verschoben – nicht jedoch die Vorbereitungen. Indes verschärft das tansanische Parlament mit Präsident John Magufuli die Auflagen für Verträge mit ausländischen Firmen. Eine Atempause für Aktivisten, die den Uranabbau zu verhindern versuchen, ist…
read moreHeute 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 moreDays 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 moreThe 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 moreTansania 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 moreIm 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 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 moreTanzanian 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 moreVeranstaltungsreihe 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 more“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 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…
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…
read moreA chairperson from uranium-network.org and a representative from LHRC – Legal and Human Rights Center, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, speak out about the impacts of planned Mkuju River Uranium Project on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of World Heritage Site Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. The uranium mining project, operated by local company Mantra, owned…
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