The front page of today’s Guardian bore an awful picture showing protesters at a British mining company in Peru. Covered in bin bags, hands bound and allegedly tortured the demonstraters were kept hostage for three days. A high court case has now been brought against the British based Monterrico Metals amid allegations of sexual assault, torture and claims that inaction from the mining officials led to the death of 41 year old farmer Melanio Garcia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/18/peru-monterrico-metals-mining-protest