"Mine that produced Queen's diamond investigates claims of abuses by guards"

A Tanzanian mine that produced a flawless pink diamond for one of the Queen’s favourite brooches is investigating claims that security personnel have shot and assaulted illegal miners. New allegations come months after a lawsuit alleging “serious” human rights abuses was filed against Petra Diamonds, the mine’s British owner, in the high court in London... Petra is now investigating further allegations by Raid involving security personnel between November 2020 and January 2021, among them shootings and assaults...

Petra said it did not find evidence of unjustified use of force by security personnel or of injuries as described in Raid’s allegations. In one alleged incident in December 2020, one artisanal miner told Raid he was chased by a security guard from the mine’s private contractor, Zenith Security, who shot him at close range, breaking his jaw. When he regained consciousness, a guard was standing over him, he told Raid.