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flag UN experts urge Serbia and a Chinese-linked mine to address pollution, health, and rights abuses in Bor with no response.

flag UN experts have raised urgent concerns over environmental and human rights abuses in Serbia’s Bor region, where mining by Serbia Zijin Copper—linked to China’s Zijin Mining Group—has allegedly caused severe pollution, health issues, and displacement. flag In a letter sent August 8, UN Special Rapporteurs called on Serbia and the company to disclose impact assessments, address harm, and ensure access to justice, but received no response. flag The concerns coincide with the first official UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights visit to Serbia, focusing on mining impacts in Bor, where local residents, including the Wallachian minority, say their government has failed them.

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