New living wage calculation shows mine workers labouring for the energy transition are being left behind Pour une version en français, cliquez ici. “Around the world, companies engaged in the energy transition seem to be making record profits, while the Congolese workers who are bringing cobalt to global markets are falling further into poverty. The switch
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Public letter sent to businessman in response to his request for endorsement of his Settlement Agreement On 7 February 2023, businessman Dan Gertler wrote to international human rights and anti-corruption groups urging them to support his Settlement Agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a year earlier. His letter can be found here. Below is the response from the civil
25 international and Congolese civil society groups write public letter to top US officials Today, 25 Congolese and international civil society organisations, including RAID, called on the US government not to provide sanctions relief to businessman Dan Gertler for his activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The US Treasury Department sanctioned Gertler and his companies for high-level corruption related to the DRC in
Barrick’s claim that it is troubled by what it calls “RAID’s involvement” in the legal cases ignores that RAID is not a party, nor do we represent any parties, in these proceedings. It is brave Tanzanians represented by experienced law firms who have chosen to pursue justice through the courts, not RAID. We fully support their decision to do so.
UK lawyers acting on behalf of Tanzanian human rights victims today announced they were suing the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) for wrongfully certifying gold from Barrick’s deadly North Mara gold mine in Tanzania as being ‘responsibly sourced’.
Twenty-one Tanzanian nationals filed a legal case today against Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold for grave human rights violations at the company’s North Mara gold mine in Tanzania. It is the first time Barrick is facing legal action in Canada for human rights violations at one of its operations abroad.
Violence against Indigenous residents intensifies with rising numbers of killings, assaults and torture by police assigned to the North Mara mine, bringing the death toll to at least 77 and 304 wounded.
In May 2022, Glencore, a multinational company at the heart of global commodity markets and the energy transition, admitted to widespread and systematic corruption in countries across the globe. Glencore pleaded guilty to U.S., U.K. and Brazilian corruption charges and is expected to pay approximately $1.5 billion in penalties.
The European Union’s proposed batteries regulation should require importers and manufacturers to source the bauxite, copper and iron used in batteries responsibly, a coalition of 16 organisations said today. The coalition includes RAID as well as Amnesty International, Earthworks, Finnwatch, Germanwatch, Human Rights Watch, Inclusive Development International, INKOTA, PowerShift, SOMO and Transport & Environment, as well as human rights and environmental activists from producer countries.
Ahead of Barrick Gold’s Annual General Meeting on 3 May, corporate watchdog RAID is urging the company’s investors to take action on alarming human rights abuses by Tanzanian police assigned to the company’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania.