‘It was inappropriate for a British Columbia judge to determine the legality of a sovereign state’s conduct’ – Nevsun Resources BY SUSAN TAYLOR | REUTERS Nevsun Resources Ltd is appealing to Canada’s Supreme Court to throw out a lower court ruling which allowed Eritrean workers, who say they were forced to work at its mine, […]
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By Creamer Media, A LAWSUIT has been filed against Vancouver-based mining company Nevsun Resources in the British Columbia Supreme Court by three refugees who claim to have once worked with a local subcontractor at the Bisha mine, in Eritrea, on the Horn of Africa. The TSX-listed company said on Friday that the lawsuit made human […]
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By CCIJ, THREE Eritrean men filed a civil lawsuit today in a Vancouver court against Nevsun Resources Limited (TSX: NSU / NYSE MKT: NSU) over the use of slave labour at Nevsun’s Bisha Mine in Eritrea. The men allege that Nevsun’s local contractor, Segen Construction Company, which is owned by the Eritrean government’s ruling party, […]
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