The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:08:07 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Watchdog to investigate complaints about overseas Canadian mining companies /item/26670-watchdog-to-investigate-complaints-about-overseas-canadian-mining-companies /item/26670-watchdog-to-investigate-complaints-about-overseas-canadian-mining-companies A 20-year fight for government oversight of Canadian mining companies overseas has resulted in an watchdog who will soon have power to independently investigate human rights abuses.
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YANGON, Myanmar – Church officials have expressed disappointment over the refusal of Myanmar's government to grant visas to three members of a U.N. fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses by security forces against the Rohingya minority.

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