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Share Hans Merket, a researcher with the International Peace Information Service (IPIS), says he didn’t go into Tanzania expecting to learn about people getting hurt and killed. His group simply wanted to measure how mines were viewed by surrounding communities. But when they got to Mwadui, the area around the Williamson diamond mine, he kept hearing how mine security forces had taken violent action against purported trespassers on the mine area. There were reports of people being shot, stabb...

Petras $6m Human Rights Settlement May 13, 21 by Petra Diamonds announced yesterday that it had agreed a $6m settlement over alleged human rights breaches at its Williamson mine, in Tanzania. The UK-listed miner made no admission of liability, but its own investigation concluded that the security teams it employed to protect the sprawling of 30km2 kimberlite resource from illegal miners had been responsible for some deaths a nd many injuries. A sub-committee of independent Petra non-executi...

Human Right Claims: Petra Agrees $6m Settlement May 13, 21 by John Jeffay (IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds has agreed a $6m settlement, with no admission of liability, over claims that it breached the human rights of illegal miners at its Williamson mine, in Tanzania. It follows a hard-hitting NGO report a nd a legal case brought on behalf of 71 people who alleged they suffered abuse at the hands of Petras security personnel. The UK-listed miner, which bought the huge kimberlite resource ( pict...

Petra Diamonds Ltd - Findings of the independent Board Sub-Committee PR Newswire London, May 12 12 May 2021 LSE: PDL Petra Diamonds

Petra Diamonds Ltd - Settlement of human rights claims at Williamson PR Newswire Settlement of human rights claims at Williamson Diamond Mine, Tanzania Petra Diamonds Limited today confirms that a settlement has been reached, on a no admission of liability basis, in relation to claims brought in London ("the Claims") by Leigh Day, a UK based law firm, on behalf of 71 anonymous claimants, in relation to alleged breaches of human rights, associated with third-party security operations, at the Wil...

A report by Rights and Accountability in Development detailed cases of at least seven deaths and 41 assaults by security personnel at the Williamson Mine.

Petra Diamonds Ltd - Update re Allegations of human rights abuses at WDL PR Newswire Update regarding allegations of human rights abuses at the Williamson Mine in Tanzania Introduction Petra Diamonds Limited today provides an update on the status of its work in relation to allegations of human rights abuses at the Williamson Mine in Tanzania, including information relating to incidents on the Mine in the three months since November 2020. This follows previous statements made on 9 September and ...