Human rights abuses by multinational gold miner in Ghana
FIAN is calling on the government of Ghana to start an independent investigation into the increasing concerns expressed by the people of Teberebie and surrounding communities located on the concession of Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem mine in the Wassa West District of the Western Region of Ghana.
The project has the support of the World Bank which has so far failed to ensure that the rights of the affected communities are respected by the company.
In recent years, there has been an increase in cases of human rights abuses perpetrated against people living at Teberebie and surrounding communities by Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem. Farmers living in these communities located on the concession of the Iduapriem mine are suffering because most of their lands have been taken over by the mine. In addition they experience a lack of access to safe water as streams have ceased to exist, remaining water sources are polluted and boreholes are deficient.
Read the full Press Release: Press Release: Iduapriem, Ghana
FIAN has launched an Urgent Action on this issue: Ghana: Iduapriem gold mine, financed by the World Bank, pollutes water and cuts off farmers from their lands
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