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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 on 12 November 2020; in the latter Petra advised that it would provide a further update to the market which this represents.
In May 2020 the UK-based law firm Leigh Day notified Petra and Williamson Diamonds Limited ( WDL , owned 75% by Petra and 25% by the Government of Tanzania), that it had issued claim forms in the High Court of England and Wales on behalf of 32 anonymous individuals in relation to alleged breaches of human rights at the Williamson Mine ( the Mine ) over a number of y