The surviving miners need prompt ... of holding to account those responsible for this tragic loss of life. Human Rights Watch operates in over 100 countries, where we work to investigate and ...

Sebei described what happened at the disused Stilfontein mine as a massacre, saying the pile of human bodies of miners shows how the government failed them. South African police launched Operation ...

his fellow miners had to resort to eating flies, cockroaches and other insects. But, as the situation worsened, more drastic measures had to be taken. He said the idea of eating human flesh ...

"What this footage does is show a pile of human bodies, of miners that died needlessly," Giwusa president Mametlwe Sebei said. South Africa's department of mineral resources told the BBC the ...

Forensic service workers carry human remains in blue body bags during ... maintained since the beginning of the standoff that the miners were never trapped, but rather unwilling to come out ...

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew criticism from human rights groups. By John Eligon The South African ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.