DRC: Congolese Victims File Class Action Against Canadian Mining Company


DRC: Congolese Victims File Class Action Against Canadian Mining Company An association representing Congolese citizens filed a class action today in a Montreal court against Canadian company Anvil Mining Limited. It is alleged that the company, by providing logistical assistance, played a role in human rights abuses, including the massacre by the Congolese military of more than 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2004. The citizens have brought the claim through an association...

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