Journalist Julio César Vásquez Calle is pursuing a complaint to the Piura region prosecutor’s office against police officers and mining company security guards he claims tortured him while he was reporting on a protest in …
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Peru: Death threats against journalist who exposed Monterrico
Last updated: Feb 16, 2009
Photographs confirm torture of peasants opposing Monterrico Metals in Peru
Last updated: Feb 9, 2009
Peru: National Coordinator for Human Rights says new photographs confirm torture of peasants who protested against Majaz Mining (now Río Blanco Copper), owned by London-registered Monterrico Metals plc
See also http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/329692…
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Mining recession’s human costs
Last updated: Feb 9, 2009
What’s been called “the most rapid switch from boom to bust in mining history” is dragging down some of the world’s most powerful mining companies, markedly compromising the operations of many junior outfits, and jeopardising …
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Peru rights groups denounce torture at mine
Last updated: Jan 22, 2009
Two Peruvian human rights groups are demanding a full government investigation into allegations of police torture against protesters in 2005 at a northern mining project, citing photographs of the apparent abuse received from an anonymous …
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Peru Support Group statement on Rio Blanco
Last updated: Jan 14, 2009
Peru Support Group statement, 12 January 2009
NEW ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENT THREATS IN PERU. ACTIVISTS ‘CRIMINALISED’.
The Peru Support Group (PSG) is concerned that recent government decisions in Peru will lead to a major expansion …
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London-based Monterrico Metals given green light in Peru
Last updated: Jan 14, 2009
5 January 2009
PIURA, Peru – The government of Peru has approved the request of British mining company Monterrico Metals to acquire a buffer zone around eight core mining concessions of the company’s Rio Blanco …
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Insider trading at Monterrico
Last updated: Nov 25, 2008
Richard Ralph, formerly British Ambassador in Peru and then, until recently, Chair of London-based Monterrico Metals, has been fined almost £120,000 for insider dealing.
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