Press Release Anvil Mining rebuked for its role in Kilwa killings, new criminal investigation ordered The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible for the 2004 massacre of over 70 people in Kilwa, in the southeast of the country, and granted landmark compensation of
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RAID response to information published by Acacia Mining concerning the human rights situation at North Mara Gold Mine.
A year after the conclusion of the OECD complaint against ENRC, few of the NCP’s recommendations have been implemented and, in many respects, the security and living standards of the people living in the affected villages has deteriorated. This lack of progress requires urgent attention by the NCP and immediate follow-up with the company.
US hedge fund corruption settlement casts unfavourable light on City regulation A new report by RAID ‘Bribery in its purest form’: Och-Ziff, asset laundering and the London connection (released 5 January 2017) sets out the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities over a 10-year period – despite warnings from UN Experts, due diligence studies
Press Release For the first time, the Tanzanian government has acknowledged the scale of violence surrounding the North Mara Gold Mine, say MiningWatch Canada and RAID in their most recent field assessment, Adding Insult to Injury at the North Mara Mine.
This report is based on a third field assessment by MiningWatch Canada (MiningWatch) and UK-based Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) into the situation of human rights at the North Mara Gold Mine (NMGM), Tanzania. The North Mara Gold mine is operated by UK-listed Acacia Mining (‘Acacia’, formerly African Barrick Gold), a majority owned subsidiary
Press Release After an ignominious exit from the London Stock Exchange, the Eurasian Resources Group (ERG, formerly ENRC) has been publicly criticised by the UK Government for failing to address human rights impacts at mine sites under the control of its subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ENRC had tried – but
In April 2016 the Government of Canada takes over as chair of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (the “VPs”). NGOs are calling on the Canadian government to seize the opportunity to correct practices that undermine the prospects of impoverished communities overseas to seek remedy for corporate abuse.
RAID and MiningWatch Canada correct assertions made by Acacia Mining (Acacia), a subsidiary of Barrick Gold, in its public reaction to their 17 November press release, Broken Bones, Broken Promises. The company refers to ‘factual inaccuracies’ in material about its subsidiary, the North Mara Gold Mine Ltd (NMGML) in Tanzania, and claims that MiningWatch Canada