par Richard | Juin 4, 2024 | Assistance juridique et judiciaire, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
Lawyers for the Marginalized Affected Property Owners (MAPO), a community association seeking justice for harmful mining practices in Kono, Sierra Leone, concluded their marathon of argument before the Court of Appeal in Freetown last Thursday, May 30, 2024. The Court...
par Richard | Mai 24, 2024 | Assistance juridique et judiciaire, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
After several adjournments, on Tuesday May 21, 2024, the Sierra Leone Court of Appeal began hearing human rights claims that will determine whether community members can legally take on Koidu Limited, a multinational diamond mining company, for causing harm to their...
par Richard | Mai 11, 2024 | Assistance juridique et judiciaire, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
Kono community members in Sierra Leone and their civil society partners were alarmed by the result of an Appeals Court hearing on Thursday May 9, 2024, which produced yet another delay in their case against diamond-mining company Koidu Limited. The community members...
par WebMaster | Août 31, 2021 | Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Community Members Seek Evidence from New York Court in Human Rights Lawsuit against Diamond Miner Octea Ltd. August 19, 2021 – New York – If Sia Janet Bayoh and other members of the Marginalised Affected Property Owners (MAPO) have their way, a trove of...
par WebMaster | Juil 2, 2021 | Home Slider, Sierra Leone
In March 2021, members of the Marginalized Affected Property Owners (MAPO), a community-based association in Kono District, Sierra Leone, finally learned what a decibel is. Of course, as residents of communities that abuts the giant Koidu Kimberlite Mine, whose...
par Jonathan Kaufman | Oct 3, 2019 | Home Slider, Sierra Leone, Non classé
29 août 2019 - Le gouvernement de la Sierra Leone a tiré et battu des manifestants et a aidé une société minière à polluer et à s'emparer injustement de terres traditionnelles, selon une plainte en matière de droits humains déposée par des habitants de Koidu, en Sierra Leone, devant la Cour de justice de la CEDEAO. Le...
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