UK Parliamentary human rights committee issues report on UK businesses
In 2009, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights conducted an inquiry on business and human rights.
London Mining Network and a number of its member groups and associates made submissions to this inquiry.
Volume 1 of the Committee’s report includes conclusions and recommendations. The cross-party Committee of both Houses of Parliament is very critical of [...]
Peru: Violence Targets Anti-Mining Activists
On Wednesday 2nd of December a new violent confrontation between local residents and police occurred in the town of Cajas Canchaque, district of Carmen de la Frontera, in the province of Huancabamba, northern Peru. During the confrontation two residents died by police fire: Cástulo Correa Huayama, 39 years old, and Vicente Romero Ramírez, 52 years [...]
MINING CONFLICT IN PERÚ LEAVES TWO DEAD
Press release from LMN member group CATAPA
On Wednesday 2nd of December in the afternoon, a new violent confrontation between local residents and police occurred in the town of Cajas Canchaque, district of Carmen de la Frontera, in the province of Huancabamba (Piura, Northern Peru).
During the confrontation two residents died by police fire: Cástulo Correa Huayama, [...]
Court Upholds Injunction by Peruvian Torture Victims Freezing Assets of British Mining Company
Peru Support Group and CAFOD Statement
On Friday 16th October a High Court decision upheld the injunction to freeze the assets of British mining company Monterrico Metals. Mrs Justice Gloster ruled that the Claimants had a ‘good arguable case’ against Monterrico and that company assets of £5 million should remain frozen.
See http://www.perusupportgroup.org.uk/pdfs/Statement%20on%20MM%20Judgement%2023%20Oct%2009.pdf.
British mining corporation faces damages claim after allegations of torture in Peru
Monterrico Metals is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast copper plant that the firm is seeking to develop in the mountains of northern Peru. In a case that will highlight growing tensions between powerful mining interests in Peru and alliances of poor subsistence farmers and [...]
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