In Raub, protesters spoke against the use of cyanide at a nearby gold mine for leaching purposes.
Countries like Germany, Turkey, Honduras, Argentina and Philippines had banned the use of cyanide to extract the precious metal, while in 2010, the European parliament banned cyanide leaching in EU gold mines.
The protest against RAGM began in 2007, but legal actions by residents had been long ignored leading to yesterday’s rally.
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