The case is the first to be pursued against Barrick in Canadian courts for alleged human rights violations at its mines abroad
in Ontario Superior Court on behalf of 21 Tanzanians who allege that they or their family members were killed, injured or tortured by police guarding a Barrick gold mine.
A corporate watchdog group, Rights and Accountability in Development , says it has interviewed Tanzanian police officers and a former North Mara security officer who all confirmed that the mine provides payments, equipment, food and housing to about 150 heavily armed police officers who are deployed around the mine and are often stationed in the mine’s central control room.
“We are attempting to hold the parent companies, the headquarters, to their own self-proclaimed human rights and security standards,” Mr. Fiorante told The Globe in an interview. “We’ve [said] to them, ‘If you’re making these accusations, go to a court and get a competent authority to pass a judgement on this,’” Mr. Bristow said. “But right now, none of the things have been substantiated.”
Catherine Coumans, research coordinator at MiningWatch Canada, said it is “tragic” that violence by mine security at North Mara has continued for more than a decade. “The sheer scale of the losses has left deep scars in all of the communities around the mine,” she told The Globe. “It is very important that this case has been filed in Barrick’s home country where Barrick is seen as a flagship company and receives a lot of political support.
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