Dozens more workers alleging forced labour and intimidation at Bisha mine set to join civil action against mining company Nevsun Resources The… Read more

Lawsuit filed by 3 Eritreans accuses Nevsun Resources of being ‘accomplice to the use of forced labour’ By Mike Laanela and Farrah Merali, CBC News The… Read more

Human rights groups are backing several claims against firms operating in Guatemala, Eritrea In the coming months, the BC Supreme Court is expected to decide… Read more

CALGARY — Liberal MP John McKay is calling for stricter oversight of Canadian mining companies abroad as plaintiffs increasingly look to Canadian courts to seek justice. He says the… Read more

Eritrea regime has 40 per cent stake in mine, is accused of crimes against humanity by UN A Vancouver-based mining company that struck gold in… Read more

Ten years after prominent human rights defender Pascal Kabungulu was shot dead by soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), his family is filing… Read more

A Supreme Court of British Columbia judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by seven Guatemalan farmers against Canadian mining firm Tahoe Resources over a… Read more

TORONTO — Roy Samathanam was beaten with pipes and kicked in the groin after he was arrested by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division, but it… Read more

TORONTO, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of men drafted into Eritrea’s army were used as forced labour to build a Canadian company’s copper-gold… Read more

Foreign claimants who are owed damages awarded in foreign courts are free to pursue enforcement of their claims in Canadian courts, despite the defendant’s having… Read more