Intro In 1996 a group of small-scale miners that were forcibly evicted from their mines by the Tanzanian Police. The evictions took place despite an injunction issued by the High Court of Tanzania restraining the Tanzanian government and the Kahama Mining Corporation, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Barrick Gold Corp., a Canadian company. The evictions were to make way for the development of the Bulyanhulu mine. In the course of the eviction, over 400,000 small-scale miners were forced from their land. These miners and their families have never been properly compensated or resettled. During the forced eviction roughly 65 miners are alleged to have been buried alive. The Tanzanian government refused to investigate the alleged atrocities when they were reported. The mining incident has received international attention, and many people and organizations have called on the Tanzanian government to allow an independent international investigation. To date, no independent investigation has been initiated and the claims of LEAT's clients remain unresolved. Background information Large-scale gold mining displaces local communities Case in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Letter of Both ENDS & Milieudefensie to the Barrick Gold Corp. (including a list of signatories) Report regarding Bulyanhulu Statement of a survivor of the alleged burial in Tanzania Exporting Corporate Control: Greg Balast vs. Barrick Gold Corp. Open letter to the president of Tanzania on the deaths of miners at Bulyanhulu by the Lawyers Environmental Action Team Bulyanhulu: Special Investigative Report Latest news Tanzanian Activists Charged with Sedition for Criticizing World Bank Project Essential reading No links for essential reading Essential links • • Background Information on Companies and Events in 1996 Bulyanhulu Area, Tanzania • BBC News: Tanzania\'s pot of gold • Bretton Woods Project on the Bulyanhulu Case • LEAT Files MIGA Complaint Over Alleged Bulyanhulu Human Rights Violations • MIGA Statement on Bulyanhulu Mine in Tanzania • Response from MiningWatch Canada and the Council of Canadians to the National Post article of Dec. 29, 2001 re: Barrick Gold\'s Bulyanhulu project • Sutton Resources, Barrick Gold and Bulyanhulu: Statement from MiningWatch Canada November 23, 2001 • The Council of Canadians: New evidence links Canada to death of Tanzanian miners Essential contacts Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT) E-mail: leat@twiga.com Friends of the Earth USA, E-mail: sherz@foe.org |