#JusticeForPhichit ✊🏽 Profit Over People: New Mining Licenses, Tax Exemptions, and Big Profit Leave Phichit Villagers Behind

For over 20 years, Phichit and Phetchabun villagers have lived with illness, contaminated water, and the daily fear of what the mine has done to their land and bodies.

Since the mine reopened in 2023, the company has moved full speed ahead: boosting production, securing tax breaks, and turning record profits.

At the same time, they launched glossy CSR projects and PR campaigns to paint themselves as “responsible”, while past harms faced by communities have remained unsolved.

Read through the slides to see what the company has gained and what villagers never received: Justice!

With no justice in sight, the Phichit community and Manushya Foundation brought their case to the UN. On 19 July 2024, we filed a UN complaint to 13 UN Special Procedures exposing the human rights violations and demanding justice.

Read our full UN Complaint and the UN Communication issued by UN Experts on 14 January 2025 holding Akara, Kingsgate, Thailand, Australia, and implicated companies accountable.

UN Experts expressed "deep concern about the allegations of human rights abuses related to the operations of Akara. [...] and the prolonged lack of access to effective remedy for those adversely affected by the operations of the mine."

Defending the Truth: Setting Record Straight

On 14 March 2025 Akara and Kingsgate issued their replies to the UN Communication, distorting the truth. Stay tuned for the upcoming release of our new fact-checking report, defending the truth and exposing all companies’ falsehoods!

Stand with us and ask the question that communities have carried for years: Why was the mine allowed to return before villagers received justice?

Help us amplify the voices of Phichit villagers. Because people deserve to know the truth!

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