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pr_100s_of_claims_of_violence_at_acacias_north_mara_mine
RAID
For the first time the Tanzanian Government has acknowledged the scale of violence surrounding the North Mara Gold Mine, say MiningWatch Canada and the British NGO Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) in their most recent field assessment, Adding Insult to Injury at the North Mara Mine.
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pr_oecd_finalstatementt_enrc_drc
RAID
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).[1] ENRC had tried – but ultimately failed – to get the adverse findings overturned. In a complaint brought by RAID and its Congolese partner, Action contre l'impunite pour les droits humains (ACIDH), the UK’s National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, who concluded:
- ‘ENRC has not engaged effectively with two stakeholder communities on the concessions, and has not taken adequate steps to address impacts on the communities’.
- ‘ENRC has not met the obligation to address human rights impacts with which it is involved’.
- ‘One of the impacts that is not adequately addressed is a threat to the security of community access to safe drinking water. The right to safe water is a human right’.
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pr_us_hedge_fund_corruption_settlement
RAID
The report by RAID ‘Bribery in its purest form’: Och-Ziff, asset laundering and the London connection sets out the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities over a 10-year period – despite warnings from UN Experts, due diligence studies and compliance watch lists – to take action to prevent assets acquired through corrupt means being traded on the London markets.
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Acacia Mining’s Troubles in Tanzania Run Deeper Than Tax
Anneke
The Tanzanian government and investors should ensure Acacia Mining urgently addresses the human rights violations at the North Mara gold mine, including providing compensation to victims, as part of the current negotiations about the company’s operations in Tanzania.. RAID's new video details the stories of some of the victims in stark detail.
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African Commission: Landmark $2
Press Release on landmark decision by the African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights on the Kilwa Massacre in DR Congo.
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PR: Kilwa trial - no justice 3 years on
ACIDH/ASADHO/CDH/Global Witness/RAID
"Three years on – still no justice for the victims of the Kilwa massacre"
PR: Kilwa trial - no justice 3 years on