More alarming news from North Mara, #Tanzania . Two more deaths reported at Barrick's #gold mine. That's three publicly reported deaths in security-related incidents at or near the mine in May alone. A transparent & credible investigation urgently needed. maraonlinenews.com/2024/05/dc-tar…

This is an important moment for corporate accountability. #bizhumanrights

This is Joss - one of many people detained for challenging the devastating new oil pipeline #EACOP

But even after six months in brutal prison conditions, he won't stop defending his community from polluters

Read stories from the frontlines⬇️
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NEW: The Biden administration is moving to ease sanctions on Israeli billionaire mining executive accused of corruption in Democratic Republic of Congo, as Washington attempts to find a way to tap into metals needed to supply batteries for electric cars. nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/…

In the #DRC ’s copper belt, pollution from the mining of cobalt & copper, critical minerals for the energy transition, is on the rise - and polluters are ignoring their legal obligations to clean it up. Excellent reporting from MongaBay. #ClimateJustice news.mongabay.com/2024/05/impuni…

A draft US deal to ease #corruption sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, letting him cash out his #DRC mining positions, is sparking outrage. As The New York Times reports, it's enraging human rights activists & US officials. This deal should be scrapped.
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Isabel dos Santos, the eldest daughter of Angola’s former autocrat, has found cover in the United Arab Emirates, where she, her mother and a business associate are linked to multiple properties, ICIJ reveals as part of Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project-led #DubaiUnlocked .

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⚖️ Today, Spotlight on Corruption is intervening in a landmark Court of Appeal case with grave implications for the UK’s fight against money launderers, kleptocrats and human rights abusers.
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With Shell currently seeking regulatory approval for the sale of its business in the Niger Delta, it is essential that it is held fully to account for decades of grievous human rights abuses related to oil spills. search.app/g4ua5s7S2z7wmn…

Indeed - increasing outrage being expressed by people in #Tanzania about recent killings and other violence linked to police security operations at the North Mara gold mine. See this from the former member of parliament for the area John Heche: x.com/HecheJohn/stat…

Another reported killing near Barrick's North Mara #gold mine in #Tanzania this past weekend. See the distressing video below. Multiple accounts say that a local man was killed on school grounds by police in a mine-related security operation. A credible investigation is needed.

RAID's Anaïs Tobalagba spoke to yessenia funes about accounts of increasing birth defects from interviewees in our latest report. Our research reveals that water #pollution from industrial cobalt mining in #DRC is having huge health & environment impacts. atmos.earth/congos-clean-e… Atmos

Congo’s government notifies Apple of concerns that the company’s supply chain may be tainted by conflict minerals bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

BREAKING: European Parliament approves #CSDDD 🎉

With final formal approval in EU Council ahead, this is another crucial step. Here’s why the directive is such an important milestone despite previous concessions... 🧵1/ business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…

A case to watch! 140,000 women & children from #Kabwe #Zambia - who face ongoing toxic lead poising from a former Anglo American mine - are granted the right to appeal by a South African court. The case is brought by Leigh Day & Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys. #bizhumanrights

Eastern Congo is at risk of plunging back into the sort of conflict not seen since the brutal wars of the 1990s Simon Marks neiL Munshi bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Politics

Operations at Zijin's COMMUS copper and cobalt mine in the heart of Kolwezi have been suspended due to worries about excessive radiation in its cobalt exports William Clowes bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to our #DRC partner and legal aid group, CAJJ, on winning the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award ICAR! Phenomenal recognition of CAJJ's innovative litigation to defend #workers at industrial mines. Here are 5 of its legal cases ➡ raid-uk.org/congolese-work…