Human Rights Watch: Still No Justice for Killing of South African Mining Activist
October 23, 2021
October 23, 2021
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2021:
One year ago Fikile Ntshangase, an environmental activist from South Africa, was gunned down in her home in Somkhele in KwaZulu-Natal province, after raising concerns about a coal mine in the area. No arrests have been made.
Today, members of her community and of local environmental justice organizations took to the streets and sent a letter to South Africa's government, cal . . .
One year ago Fikile Ntshangase, an environmental activist from South Africa, was gunned down in her home in Somkhele in KwaZulu-Natal province, after raising concerns about a coal mine in the area. No arrests have been made.
Today, members of her community and of local environmental justice organizations took to the streets and sent a letter to South Africa's government, cal . . .