Ghana: Pollution threatens the right to water of communities in Adisakrom

Access to sufficient and safe water is increasingly difficult for Adisakrom and other communities in the areas of Iduapriem, Western Ghana, where AnglaGold Ashanti holds a mining concession. The communities’ right to water is violated by the lack of state protection against the exhaustion of streams, the pollution of remaining water sources and the inadequacy of water coming from the company’s boreholes.

Please write a polite letter to the Minister of Environment, Science & Technology, Mrs. Ayittey, requesting her to take interim measures to guarantee the free access to sufficient water for basic human needs; to ensure proper investigation into violations of national water laws; and to protect the communities against the repetition of such violations of the right to water.