Saturday, June 05, 2010
All that Glitters
Barrick Gold, the largest mining company in the world, is the subject of a new report by Amnesty International. Implicated in generating police brutality against indigenous inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, Barrick was also the subject of a book about state and corporate abuse of human rights in Africa. As a Canadian corporation, Barrick is subject to human rights standards Amnesty International claims they've violated.
