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Landmark report uncovers human rights abuses at Rio Tinto gold mine in Bougainville, 35 years after closure
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Landmark report uncovers human rights abuses at Rio Tinto gold mine in Bougainville, 35 years after closure

ABC  

A large-scale study of social and environmental impacts from Rio Tinto's abandoned Panguna mine in Bougainville has found a plethora of actual and potential human rights violations, including risks to life. The Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment was initiated in the wake of a human rights complaint brought by The Human Rights Law Centre on behalf of about 170 Bougainvilleans …

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Political deadlock frustrates Bougainville’s aspirations of independence
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Political deadlock frustrates Bougainville’s aspirations of independence

Al Jazeera  

The territory voted in 2019 to leave Papua New Guinea, but the country’s parliament is still to ratify the separation. It’s almost five years since the referendum, and there is still no positive response from the PNG government,” Barbara Tanne, president of the Bougainville Women’s Federation, told Al Jazeera. “After joint government meetings, the resolutions passed are not honoured …

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Rio Tinto Faces Lawsuit Over Panguna Copper Mine in Bougainville
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rio Tinto Faces Lawsuit Over Panguna Copper Mine in Bougainville

Bloomberg  

Thousands of people in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, have filed a class action lawsuit against Rio Tinto Plc and its former unit Bougainville Copper Ltd. over what they say is historical mismanagement of the massive Panguna copper mine. Panguna, which was operated by Bougainville Copper, shut in 1989 after local protests over the disbursement of revenue …

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Bougainville’s President Toroama Goes to Washington
1 year ago

Bougainville’s President Toroama Goes to Washington

The Diplomat  

While almost all of the Pacific’s leaders traveled to Aitutaki, Cook Islands, for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting from November 6-10, one regional leader traveled in a different direction. President Ishmael Toroama, who represents the Autonomous Region of Bougainville within Papua New Guinea, traveled to Washington, D.C. As Pacific leaders tackled numerous high-stakes issues in Aitutaki, one of …

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Bougainville's destructive goldmine could also be its $90 billion key to independence
1 year, 7 months ago

Bougainville's destructive goldmine could also be its $90 billion key to independence

ABC  

While Bougainville's Panguna mine was abandoned decades ago, mining has not stopped in the area. "All our sources where we used to get clean drinking water, it's been polluted by the mine, by the tailings," she said. But The Human Rights Law Centre's Keren Adams said, on the ground, there was a "sense of frustration that things aren't moving towards …

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Bougainville starts process to reopen controversial Panguna mine
2 years, 8 months ago

Bougainville starts process to reopen controversial Panguna mine

Al Jazeera  

Officials say the facility will provide crucial income despite triggering a war and poisoning the environment before it was forced to close. The controversial Panguna mine, which lay derelict for more than 30 years following the eruption of a civil war on the remote islands of Bougainville – now an autonomous region of about 300,000 people in eastern Papua New …

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Bougainville to vote on whether to become world’s newest country
5 years, 1 month ago

Bougainville to vote on whether to become world’s newest country

Al Jazeera  

Bougainville, Papua New Guinea – Eighteen years after a peace agreement brought a brutal civil war to an end on the resource-rich islands of Bougainville in the remote east of Papua New Guinea people are going to the polls to make a historic choice on the territory’s future political status. “The essence of what our people want is still empowerment …

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Bougainville to vote on whether to become world’s newest country
5 years, 1 month ago

Bougainville to vote on whether to become world’s newest country

Al Jazeera  

Bougainville, Papua New Guinea – Eighteen years after a peace agreement brought a brutal civil war to an end on the resource-rich islands of Bougainville in the remote east of Papua New Guinea people are going to the polls to make a historic choice on the territory’s future political status. “The essence of what our people want is still empowerment …

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