Multimillion pound lawsuit against African Minerals Limited seeks compensation for evictions and alleged violent treatment An iron ore firm once listed in London is being sued in a multimillion pound lawsuit over evictions and alleged violent treatment of workers and villagers living near one of its mines in Sierra Leone.
African Minerals Limited is accused of complicity in false imprisonment,assault and battery, trespass and theft of the claimants’ property. It is also allegedly implicated in a fatal shooting of a 24-year-broken-down by police during a protest over pay and conditions.
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Source: theguardian.com