Press Release Poor communities living next to Glencore’s mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pay a heavy price for the company’s strategy for success.
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Communiqué de presse Travail des enfants, pollution de l’environnement et pratiques fiscales agressives : tel était la réalité des mines de Glencore en République démocratique du Congo (RdC), révélée par une étude de Pain pour le prochain et d’Action de Carême il y a deux ans. Le groupe minier zougois promet à l’époque des améliorations.
RAID, Bread for All and Fastenopfer critique Glencore over its record on human rights, the environment and relations with communities affected by its operations in the DRC. Read the executive summary below.
RAID calls on the US authorities to investigate a number of questionable transactions in Africa by Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, a $41bn US hedge fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Briefing for Investors and Equity Analysts A Pattern of Abuse: Human Rights at Risk at the North Mara Mine, Tanzania There has been a long history of violence at ABG’s North Mara mine in Tanzania (‘the Mine’), including multiple deaths and injuries caused by Tanzanian police officers who are paid by the company to protect
Bread for All (Switzerland), the Catholic Lenten Fund (Switzerland), Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID, UK) and the Congolese human rights organisation, Centre d’aide juridico-judiciaire (CAJJ), are calling for a full criminal investigation into the violent death of a young man, MUTOMBO KASUYI, on the mining concession of the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), a subsidiary
Letter to UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office calling for African Barrick Gold to be questioned over human rights incidents at the North Mara Mine, Tanzania.