1.0Amnesty Internationalhttps://www.amnesty.org/enDemocratic Republic of Congo: Bulldozed: How a mining company buried the truth about forced evictions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Amnesty Internationalrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rDm2S3Aap7"><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr62/003/2014/en/">Democratic Republic of Congo: Bulldozed: How a mining company buried the truth about forced evictions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr62/003/2014/en/embed/#?secret=rDm2S3Aap7" width="600" height="338" title="“Democratic Republic of Congo: Bulldozed: How a mining company buried the truth about forced evictions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” — Amnesty International" data-secret="rDm2S3Aap7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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On 24 and 25 November 2009 police in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ordered the demolition of hundreds of homes and businesses in the village of Kawama, next to the Luiswishi mine. Following the forced evictions, Groupe Forrest International, whose subsidiary was the mine operator at the time, denied that […]https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/whoweare_2944x1224_header.jpg1178490