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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners

Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.

Press release: Catholic aid agency CAFOD calls on Brazilian authorities to halt planned eviction of 2,000 people

More than 2,000 people, including 250 children, pregnant women, older and disabled people, are facing being thrown out of their homes onto the streets of Sao Paulo following a court ruling.

CAFOD warns government: Do not end legal protection for victims of UK multinationals

New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals.

Brazil: Evicted families receiving assistance

Most of the families evicted from the Olga Benario settlement on 24 August have started to receive assistance thanks to support from our partner APOIO

Control at the local level

Pedro Landa, deputy director of Caritas Tegucigalpa, works to ensure local people have more control over their lives and can make their voices heard by the Honduran government