While Other Billionaires Heal the World, the Mittal family Bulldozes the Blind in Liberia

 

While other billionaires channel their wealth into vaccines, education, and innovation to uplift the world’s poorest, the Mittal family stands accused of a darker legacy—one not of empowerment, but of erasure. In Liberia, a blind victim’s belongings were bulldozed in the concession area controlled by ArcelorMittal. This was no logistical oversight. It was a symbolic act of disregard—a violent dismissal of human dignity by a corporation that claims global leadership while trampling the very lives it has harmed.

The destruction of personal property—especially that of a disabled survivor—is not just a physical violation. It is a moral one. These belongings were not debris; they were memory, evidence, and identity. To bulldoze them is to bulldoze truth. It is corporate cruelty dressed in steel profits—a chilling reminder that in the pursuit of industrial dominance, some lives are deemed disposable. The Mittals are not just trashing objects—they are desecrating dignity, silencing testimony, and deepening the wounds of those already wronged.

This hypocrisy cannot go unchallenged. You cannot sit at the table of global innovation while erasing the voices of those you’ve exploited. You cannot claim moral authority while your company bulldozes the belongings of a blind man whose suffering stems from your own negligence. Global leadership demands accountability—not just in boardrooms and press releases, but in the concession zones where silence is enforced and truth is buried under rubble.

To the Government of Liberia:

Government officials were elected and appointed to protect the dignity of the Liberian people—not to sit silent while foreign corporations bulldoze their victims. A blind survivor’s belongings were destroyed in ArcelorMittal’s concession zone in Nimba County. This is not just a violation of property rights; it is a desecration of humanity, happening under the watch of the H.E. Joseph Boakai-led administration.

The Government of Liberia cannot claim sovereignty while allowing corporate violence to go unchecked. Development will never be achieved while survivors are silenced, displaced, and erased. Your silence is complicity. Your inaction is betrayal.

We demand an immediate and full investigation. We demand that the Government of Liberia stand with its people—not with steel profits. Justice is not a favor. It is your constitutional duty.