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Request for urgent action to support Colombian Indigenous leaders
Last October, Wayuu Indigenous leader Karmen Ramirez Boscan was in London as a guest of London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign. She came to Britain for the AGM of mining multinational BHP Billiton, which is one of the three multinational owners of the Cerrejon coal mine. The other two are Anglo American and [...]
US legal decision may have implications for mining companies
A legal decision against an oil multinational may have future implications for mining companies implicated in human rights abuses.
In the case of Wiwa v Shell, a US judge has denied Shell’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit over the 1995 execution of Nigerian activists, reports the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
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