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Home > Archives for Amulsar Gold Mine

Amulsar Gold Mine

International groups stand in solidarity with Armenian environmental and human rights defenders facing defamation and criminalisation

February 20, 2024

In recent months, Armenian human rights and environmental defenders and organisations have been facing defamatory attacks in local media. They are increasingly being targeted through defamation, smear campaigns, intimidation and criminalisation for their peaceful, legitimate human rights work.


Amulsar’s costs to human rights and threats to environmental defenders

August 4, 2022

Armenia’s government and investors have failed to prevent human rights abuses related to the Amulsar gold mine. As we await the outcome of an EBRD investigation, environmental and human rights defenders continue to face threats. New reports show how the policies that should protect human rights and environmental defenders have failed to stop a project whose costs outweigh the benefits.


Amulsar: Human Rights Violations and Environmental Negligence in the Search for Gold

June 28, 2022

This report sheds light on the human rights violations by the Armenian government and investors, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in relation to the Amulsar gold mine project.


Զգուշացում ՀՀ կառավարությանը․ Բեռնի կոնվենցիայի քարտուղարությունը՝ Ամուլսարի ծրագրի մասին

May 5, 2021

Հայկական բնապահպանական ճակատ նախաձեռնությունը հայտնում է․ «Էկոլուր կազմակերպությունն ու CEE Bankwatch-ը բողոք էին ներկայացրել Բեռնի …


Unrest in Armenia casts shadow on developments at controversial gold mine

March 9, 2021

As the unfolding political crisis engulfs the streets of Yerevan, recent developments at the Bern Convention and EBRD portent a rocky future for the Amulsar project.


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