http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/16337/0 en http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/victims-silenced-gang-rape-survivors-papua-new-gui/36513 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> ~Both women had legal proxies~ </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18121768_1664167710553314_8827190349526109349_o.jpg" alt="" title="Joycelyn Mandi (foreground) and Everlyn Gaupe address a crowd of protesters who braved rain and cold weather to support them. Photo: Allan Lissner" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18056503_1664167657219986_1864818224486302524_o.jpg" alt="" title="After the women came out of the meeting, the police refused to let us be on the sidewalk, we told the police that that meant we would have to take the street. They said, go ahead, but I don&#039;t think they were prepared for what happened next – we took all of Front street! Photo: Allan Lissner" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/17991275_1664167883886630_4127858794478201473_o.jpg" alt="" title="Jocyelyn and Everlyn were given flowers as they left Barrick&#039;s AGM." width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18121756_1664167763886642_2955537453543909883_o.jpg" alt="" title="Despite the rain and cold weather, many people came out to protest Barrick Gold and support the women who went inside to testify," width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18121113_1664167810553304_278110320989018695_o.jpg" alt="" title="The people who went inside the meeting were happy when they left the Barrick AGM. Despite being denied the ability to speak, their message was heard." width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/c-rltnsxyaela92.jpg" alt="" title="Everlyn and Joycelyn both had legal proxies. Here is proof that they were sent in before the deadline, a fax receipt. The instructions for submitting proxies is clearly written on this form." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18055940_1664168163886602_7132092723046346193_o.jpg" alt="" title="These two quotes are from community members next to Barrick&#039;s Pueblo Viejo mine. As in Porgera, the main demand of this community is to be resettled away from the mine site" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18121377_1664167987219953_153731532175643863_o.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18076988_1664167930553292_7891052134910863345_o_1.jpg" alt="" title="Barrick&#039;s Veladero mine in Argentina has spilled cyanide solution 3 times in the past 18 months, emboldening calls to permanently shut down this mine. It is currently shut down only temporarily." width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block="true" data-editor="61ukt" data-offset-key="35ce6-0-0"> <div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="35ce6-0-0">Everyln Gaupe and Joycelyn Mandi travelled across </div></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attachment"> <div class="field-label">Files attached to this post:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/agm_statement_and_questions_at_barrick_everlyn_and_joycelyn_april_25_2.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=35287">agm_statement_and_questions_at_barrick_everlyn_and_joycelyn_april_25_2.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/victims-silenced-gang-rape-survivors-papua-new-gui/36513" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/victims-silenced-gang-rape-survivors-papua-new-gui/36513#comments Sakura Saunders/Mining Injustice Solidarity Network Direct Action Education Environment Gender Indigenous Solidarity Barrick Gold gang rape Gold mining Ipili Papua New Guinea png porgera rape sexual assault survivor-led organizing we believe survivors Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:29:29 +0000 Sakura Saunders 36513 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/plea-join-us-april-25-barricks-annual-general-meet/36506 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Why we believe and support survivors of Barrick Gold </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_20161031_154606_1.jpg" alt="" title="protest picture taken on women&#039;s cell phones" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/poster-flyer_colour.jpg" alt="" title="Poster for this year&#039;s AGM protest and panel &quot;We Believe Survivors of Canadian Mining&quot;" width="450" height="582" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div><em>UPDATE (4/21/17):&nbsp;</em><em>BIG NEWS!!!! Two women survivors of the violence at Barrick&#39;s mines are going to be at the panels and protest this year. </em></div><p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/plea-join-us-april-25-barricks-annual-general-meet/36506" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/plea-join-us-april-25-barricks-annual-general-meet/36506#comments Sakura Saunders Environment Gender Indigenous Solidarity Barrick Gold gold Ipili mining mining justice mininginjustice porgera women Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:50:41 +0000 Sakura Saunders 36506 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca