Colombia: Constitutional Court rules in favour of Indigenous Communities in the Amazon in alleged mercury contamination suit from gold mining

 Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued a historic ruling, finding in favor of Indigenous leaders who say their communities in the country’s Amazonian region are at risk of losing their identity and disappearing due to mercury contamination from gold mining.

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