
In this podcast, we seek to explore, understand and give a voice to the defenders of human and environmental rights, Those people holding extractive companies to their responsibilities and fighting for fair global supply chains.
In this episode we take you to Myanmar where activists from an Indigenous community are confronting a mining company that blasted its way into a holy mountain, destroying along the way livelihoods of the community. The interviews for this episode were taken before on the 1st of February 2021 the country’s military overthrew the civilian government and installed a military junta.
This Podcast is a production launched by the Zero Tolerance Initiative (ZTI) https://www.zerotoleranceinitiative.org/, a global coalition led by Indigenous Peoples, local community representatives and supportive NGOs. These groups work collectively addressing the root causes of killings and violence against the human rights defenders resisting global supply chains. The initiative supports communities in defending themselves and holding companies and investors to account.