Activists urge Ireland to end 'blood coal' imports from Colombia

Ireland is complicit in human rights breaches in Colombia by buying coal from a mine accused of multiple abuses of local communities, campaigners say.

Activists urge Ireland to end 'blood coal' imports from Colombia

Ireland is complicit in human rights breaches in Colombia by buying coal from a mine accused of multiple abuses of local communities, campaigners say.

They are calling on the ESB and the Government to stop trading with the Cerrejon mine in the poor La Guajira province.

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