News update: Anvil Mining, TransCanada, Johnson & Johnson, Vale SA, ALEC
A coalition of human rights activists have filed a plea to the Canadian Supreme Court on behalf of victims of a massacre in Congo in 2004.
The Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI) claims that Anvil Mining are directly responsible for arming the Congolese military during a bloody struggle which left scores raped and 100 people dead. Planes, trucks and drivers were provided to the military of the World’s poorest nation as they swept through the port city of Kilwa. The port is crucial for the daily export of $500,000 worth of copper and silver, much from the nearby Kinsevere mine.