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A company operating a gold mine in Ethiopia and the Swiss refinery Argor-Heraeus that sourced its gold took no action over public reports about (...)

The 107-page report, “Deadly Decline: Security Force Abuses and Democratic Crisis in Peru,” documents excessive use of force by security forces, due process violations and abuses against detainees, and failures in criminal investigations, as well as the entrenched political and social crisis that is eroding the rule of law and human rights in Peru. While some protesters were responsible for acts of violence, security forces responded with grossly disproportionate force, including with assaul...

A company operating a gold mine in Ethiopia and the Swiss refinery Argor-Heraeus that sourced its gold took no action over public reports about pollution from the mine for years.