Papua New Guinea: Serious Abuses At Barrick Gold Mine

Papua New Guinea: Serious Abuses At Barrick Gold Mine   Systemic Failures Underscore Need for Canadian Government Regulation   Private security personnel employed at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Porgera mine has produced billions of dollars of gold in its twenty years of operation, and is operated and 95 percent owned by Barrick Gold, a Canadian company that is the...

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