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 …
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Court Upholds Injunction by Peruvian Torture Victims Freezing Assets of British Mining Company
Last updated: Nov 5, 2009
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 …
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British mining corporation faces damages claim after allegations of torture in Peru
Last updated: Oct 20, 2009
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 …
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Peru: Mining company faces torture allegations
Last updated: Jun 30, 2009
As alleged victims of torture in Peru bring an injunction against British mining company Monterrico Metals, NGOs are calling for foreign victims of UK corporate abuses to have better access to justice in English courts. …
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LMN submission to UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights
Last updated: May 7, 2009
The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) called in March for evidence to be presented to an inquiry into business and human rights. The JCHR’s call for evidence is posted below London Mining …
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News about Monterrico Metals’ Rio Blanco project, Peru
Last updated: Apr 8, 2009
From the Vicaría del Medio Ambiente de Jaén VIMA
31 March 2009
Charge of terrorism dropped again
On the third of March 2009, the provincial department of the public prosecutor in Piura dropped the charges …
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Peru blames police in copper mine torture case
Last updated: Mar 25, 2009
Peruvian prosecutors have accused police of torturing protesters at a mining camp in 2005 but cleared a British-Chinese metals company and its security firm of wrongdoing.
Lawyers for Fedepaz, the rights group that filed the …
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Peru: Death threats against journalist who exposed Monterrico
Last updated: Feb 16, 2009
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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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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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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