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5 May 2010

Autor:
MiningWatch Canada

Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea Accuse Barrick Gold of Abuses

Four members of the Ipili tribe…in Papua New Guinea have travelled to Canada to demand that Barrick Gold address serious human rights abuses and environmental destruction related to Barrick's Porgera Joint Venture gold mine...Long-standing allegations of killings and rapes of civilians by security forces at Barrick's mine have been confirmed recently by the findings of a team of investigators…Contamination of local water sources, lack of available land for food production…have all become untenable. "We have made it clear to Barrick many times…that all residents…must be resettled according to international standards," said Anga Atalu, one of the landowners "but Barrick is refusing our request..."