East African Nation: Kampala Uganda

Human Rights Lawyer Dept: I had gone to the East African nation to investigate the deaths of five villagers gunned down at a mine in North Mara belonging to African Barrick, a subsidiary of Toronto-based mining giant Barrick Gold Corp. Barrick said the men killed by security forces were intruders. Family members of the victims said the gold-laced stones the men routinely collected at the mine were their only means of survival, according to The Star. Tuesday morning, I woke up and found the room next to mine empty. The environmental and human rights lawyer who had been staying there had been arrested, along with seven other people who had been guarding the bodies of the victims at the town mortuary and kAMPALA, UGANDA Given that I had been followed around the tiny town for two days by men in 80s-style wraparound sunglasses, it wasn t really a surprise to me when I finally got arrested last Thursday in northern Tanzania. Trucks of police in full riot gear patrolled the streets of Tarime, the town nearest the mine. The situation was tense and relatives of the deceased were huddled together in a compound. As reported in the news.
@t barrick gold corp, north mara