Environmental Rights Defender in Nepal Killed for Protesting Illegal Mining

Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance (THRD Alliance) condemns the cold-blooded murder of an environmental rights defender in Dhanusha district of the Tarai region, Nepal. The 24year-old Om Prakash Mahato was crushed to death by a tipper owned by a crusher company on 10 January 2020 while protesting the illegal extraction of river materials from a … Continue reading Environmental Rights Defender in Nepal Killed for Protesting Illegal Mining