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2020年11月12日

作者:
Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com

Guinea: ECOWAS tribunal finds Guinean authorities guilty of 2012 mine site killings

"West Africa judge finds Guinea guilty of 2012 mine site killings", 10 November 2020

West Africa’s top court ruled on Tuesday that Guinea was responsible for the death of six villagers and the illegal arrest, injury or torture of 15 others during a 2012 protest near an iron ore project owned by Vale (NYSE: VALE) and BSG Resources.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) tribunal found Guinean authorities guilty of violating protesters’ human rights, ordering the state to pay the plaintiffs total damages of 4.56 billion Guinean francs, ($463,000.)...

Guinean troops raided the community just after midnight on August 4, 2012, arbitrary arresting people, burning homes and stealing personal belongings after several of its members staged a sit-in protesting Vale’s recruiting practices.

They also opened fire, causing the death of six villagers, and reportedly tortured those who survived when in custody.

Vale, the world’s no.1 iron ore producer, has rejected allegations of involvement stating that it had “never undertaken in or supported any acts of violence in Zogota.”...

Jonathan G. Kaufman, executive director of Advocates for Community Alternatives, told MINING.COM that the ruling comes as Guinea plans to allow mining in the area again...

“The people of Zogota have warned the Guinean government and Niron that they will not permit mining in their territory until they see justice for the massacre. Today’s ruling brings them one step closer to that goal,” Kaufman said...

Niron Metals acquired the rights to the Zogota deposit last year...

属于以下案件的一部分

Guinée: La Cour de justice de la CEDEAO condamne lourdement le pays suite au massacre de Zogota

Vale-BSGR lawsuit (re complicity in violence against villagers in Guinea)