South Africa Police Try Siege Tactics on Illegal Mining, Igniting Debate

By Lynsey Chutel The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights advocates and community leaders call the tactics inhumane.

Source: The New York Times

Category: Police, Mines and Mining, Crime and Criminals, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Organized Crime, South Africa