Protesters rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth, Australia, June 9. Rio Tinto chief executive, Jean-Sebastien Jacques attends an annual general meeting in Perth, Australia, May 9. The company has apologized to the rock shelters’ traditional owners, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people. “The destruction of the rock shelters should not have happened and we are absolutely committed to listening, learning and changing,” Rio Tinto said in a statement. The Western Australian government has promised to update Indigenous heritage laws that allowed Rio Tinto to legally destroy the sacred sites.

Source: The Standard August 25, 2020 10:07 UTC