says its subsidiaries have settled a British court case with 10 Tanzanian villagers who alleged that police and security guards had caused deaths and injuries near the company’s North Mara gold mine.
In a third case, two law firms filed suit against Barrick in Ontario Superior Court in 2022 on behalf of 21 Tanzanians who alleged that they or their family members were killed, injured or tortured by police guarding the North Mara mine. They accused the police of causing five deaths, five injuries and five incidents of torture.
In the latest settlement, 10 villagers were seeking damages for alleged abuses by police and security guards between 2014 and 2019. The suit was filed in 2020. Last September, she told The Globe that the company was confident the allegations in the London court case were “without merit” and it looked forward to “having the opportunity for the London courts to finally adjudicate this matter and put it to rest.”
In the court cases, Barrick has argued that the Tanzanian police is a sovereign force that operates under its own chain of command. The company has acknowledged, however, that it has a formal agreement with the police on security issues and that it provides support to them for their activities around the mine site.
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