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In October & November 2009, the Canadian House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Intl. Development held hearings on “Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability”. The following statements were made regarding issues including allegations of killings, rape & other security problems involving personnel at the Porgera Joint Venture in Papua New Guinea, as well as the [...]
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Porgera SML Landowners Association (PLOA) is a duly incorporated organization under the laws of Papua New Guinea (PNG) by seven (7) major indigenous land owning clans represented by 25 Agent Committees from where the Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) Barrick gold mine is located in the central highlands of PNG. PLOA takes the first opportunity to [...]
Keep reading...December 2, 2007: Letter to Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions May 8, 2009: Urgent Appeal to UN Special Rapporteurs re: human rights abuses near Barrick Gold’s Porgera Joint Venture mine submitted by Mining Watch Canada
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