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Weekly Report - 12 April 2017 (WR-17-14)

HAITI: Mining proposal fuels concerns

A group of local human rights organisations issued a statement last week raising concern about plans by the new government led by President Jovenel Moïse to dynamise the mining sector. Proposed by Moïse’s predecessor and political mentor Michel Martelly (2011-2016), such a move remains controversial given the high potential for a negative environmental fallout in the country, which already suffers from widespread deforestation, soil erosion and water shortages.

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