Whose development? : Human Rights abuses in Sierra Leone’s mining boom / Rona Peligal ; cover design by Rafael Jimenez.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [New York] : Human Rights Watch (HRW), ©2014.Description: [4] unnumbered pages, 96 pages : map ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9781623131067
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet HV640.5. A3.
Contents:
Contents: Map of Sierra Leone—Summary—Recommendations—Methodology—I. Development in a post-conflict country—II. Displacement to permit mining—III. Labor rights violations at the AML Tonkolili Mine—IV. Excessive use of force by Bumbuna police—V. Rights-based development—VI. National, regional, and international standards—VII. Conclusion—Acknowledgements—Annexes.
Summary: Summary: “On April 16, 2012, workers at African Minerals Limited (AML), an iron ore mining firm headquartered in London, went on strike in Bumbuna, a small town in northern Sierra Leone. The workers, frustrated by what they alleged to be discrimination and mistreatment on the job and the inability to form a union of their won choosing…”—(page 1).
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Cover title.
“February 2014”.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Map of Sierra Leone—Summary—Recommendations—Methodology—I. Development in a post-conflict country—II. Displacement to permit mining—III. Labor rights violations at the AML Tonkolili Mine—IV. Excessive use of force by Bumbuna police—V. Rights-based development—VI. National, regional, and international standards—VII. Conclusion—Acknowledgements—Annexes.

Summary: “On April 16, 2012, workers at African Minerals Limited (AML), an iron ore mining firm headquartered in London, went on strike in Bumbuna, a small town in northern Sierra Leone. The workers, frustrated by what they alleged to be discrimination and mistreatment on the job and the inability to form a union of their won choosing…”—(page 1).

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