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Update on Barrick’s Days in Court in Canada
In 2022, [1] and again in 2024, [2] Indigenous Kuria from villages surrounding North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania filed cases in Canada against Barrick Gold Corporation [3] (Barrick) for alleged “acts of extreme violence committed by Mine Police in the service of...
Barrick in Toronto Court over Allegations of Acts of Extreme Violence at North Mara Mine in Tanzania
October 15, 2024, Press Releases
Today hearings commence in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on behalf of 32 plaintiffs from Tanzania against Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick). The plaintiffs are Indigenous Kuria from villages surrounding Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine ltd. in Tarime District…
Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: MiningWatch Canada report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania
December 12, 2023, Press Releases
Today MiningWatch Canada releases a report describing gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. Thousands of Indigenous Kuria near the mine have been forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the mine’s expansion. Most people were evicted in December 2022…
Mobile Billboard Brings Community Voices to Barrick Gold Shareholders
May 2, 2023, Press Releases
Shareholders of Canada’s largest gold mining company were greeted today with strong messages from communities affected by its global operations. A mobile billboard parked outside Barrick Gold’s annual shareholder meeting in downtown Toronto projected messages from communities…
Conflict, Environmental Harm and Human Rights Abuse Allegations – What Barrick Shareholders Need to Know
May 2, 2023, Press Releases
As Barrick Gold presents itself to shareholders in Toronto at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, communities affected by Barrick’s mines around the globe speak out about the human rights and environmental harms they endure and Canadians protest inside and outside the AGM in solidarity.
Barrick Slapped with Third Lawsuit on Same Human Rights Abuses at Tanzanian Mine: ‘Business as Usual’?
(Ottawa) For the third time in under ten years, victims of ongoing police violence at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine are seeking legal remedy - this time in Canada. Today, Vancouver-based law firm CFM filed suit in an Ontario court on behalf of...
Lawsuit against Canadian gold miner alleges Tanzanians were killed, injured by police
By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press TORONTO - A group of more than 20 Tanzanians and their family members have filed a lawsuit against Barrick Gold Corp., alleging they or their loved ones were beaten, shot at or killed by police at one of the company's mines in...
Barrick Gold faces Ontario lawsuit for alleged killings and abuses at Tanzanian mine
By Geoffrey York and Niall McGee, The Globe and Mail Two law firms have filed suit against Barrick Gold Corp. in Ontario Superior Court on behalf of 21 Tanzanians who allege that they or their family members were killed, injured or tortured by police...
‘Barrick is responsible for the violence’: New lawsuit filed in Ontario about troubled Tanzania mine
Marks the third lawsuit filed in connection with alleged human rights abuses at Barrick's Tanzanian gold mine By Gabriel Friedman, Financial Post A group of Tanzanian citizens on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp. in Ontario’s Superior...
Barrick in Charge: Ongoing Killings of Local Kuria by Mine Police and Forced Evictions at the North Mara Gold Mine
(Ottawa) In September, MiningWatch Canada conducted another human rights investigation at the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania, owned and operated by Canadian company Barrick Gold. The findings of this investigation are published today in the latest report: “He...