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‘Our rivers are poisoned’: Residents raise Rio Tinto human rights claims – Sydney Morning Herald
Bougainville residents have asked Australia to investigate Rio Tinto over claims it failed to clean up millions of tonnes of mine waste on the island.
The complaint, signed by 156 Bougainville residents, has been lodged with the Australian OECD Contact Point within the federal Treasury Department, which has the power to investigate complaints made against Australian companies operating overseas, issue findings on whether they were in breach of their obligations under the OECD guidelines and recommend actions.
Rio Tinto, which was forced to suspend operations at Panguna due to the civil war in 1989 and divested its interest in 2016, on Monday …
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