Over the years, the Akali Tange Association has published many reports detailing the human rights situation in Porgera, Papua New Guinea. In 2005, they issued a report called “The Shooting Fields of Porgera Joint Venture,” which alerted the international community to the gross human rights violations happening at the Porgera Mine, then owned by Canadian mining company Placer Dome. The report documented incidents of killings (14, of which 11 were by shooting), torture, arbitrary arrest, and beatings by the mine’s security forces.
Since that time, ATA has continued to document abuses around the Porgera Mine.
ATA Position paper leading into the 2019 Mine contract negotiations READ the paper here.
READ ATA’s most report, “Cost of Gold” [part 1, part 2]
READ ATA’s report, “PORGERA GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ISSUES AND THE “WAY FORWARD” June 2017
READ ATA’s recent submission to Alithia Barampataz National Human Rights Officer Human Rights Adviser’s Unit Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. April 24th, 2017
READ ATA’s inaugural human rights report,“The Shooting Fields of Porgera Joint Venture” 2005.