Survivors fight for justice over devastating 2015 Brazil dam collapse
Survivors fight for justice over devastating 2015 Brazil dam collapse

Survivors fight for justice over devastating 2015 Brazil dam collapse

Maria Nsue

23 min
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A dam in the Brazilian city of Mariana collapsed in 2015, submerging dozens of homes in toxic waste, killing 19 people and displacing hundreds. Now a court in the U.K. has agreed to hear a $6bn-dollar lawsuit against the Anglo-Australian mining company BHP — which co-managed the dam. We hear from Jonathan Knowles, one of the plaintiffs in the case; Tom Goodhead, a lawyer with P.G.M.B.M., the British law firm behind the lawsuit; and Catherine Coumans, research coordinator and Asia-Pacific program coordinator for MiningWatch Canada.

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