Petra Diamonds has begun an investigation into new claims of violence at its Williamson mine in Tanzania following a lawsuit last year.The fresh allegations were of assaults and human-rights violations by Tanzanian guards and the miner’s security contractor between November 2020 and January.
Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), a UK-based nonprofit, has written to Petra Diamonds’ major debt holders to raise concerns about alleged human-rights abuses at its Williamson mine in Tanzania.RAID claims to have documented at least seven deaths and 41 assaults by security.