Posts tagged "Amnesty International"

Amnesty International refutes Vedanta’s claims

In July 2011, Amnesty International issued a report, “Generalisations, omissions, assumptions: The failings of Vedanta’s Environmental Impact Assessments for its bauxite mine and alumina refinery in India’s state of Orissa”.

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UK groups call on UN to call UK Government to book over corporate racism

Submissions to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 79th Session with regard to the United Kingdom’s  responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples overseas in
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Orissa high court rejects Vedanta refinery expansion

Amnesty International has urged the Indian authorities to order the immediate clean-up of an alumina refinery in the state of Orissa, following a high court decision to reject plans for its expansion by a subsidiary …
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India: Toxic sludge leak from Vedanta’s red mud pond threatens rural communities

Amnesty International has warned that thousands of families in the Indian state of Orissa are facing serious health risks during the imminent monsoon season following reports of leaks at the Vedanta Aluminium refinery’s main ‘red …
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Amnesty International petition on Vedanta

UK-based mining company is abusing the human rights of indigenous communities in Orissa, India

Vedanta Resources, through its subsidiary companies plans to mine for bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills, considered sacred by the Indigenous Dongria …
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Vedanta takes on critics of mining at India tribal site

London-based resource giant Vedanta has decided to take on its critics who have been attacking from all sides over its plans to mine an area in India held sacred by a tribal group.

See http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100304/wl_sthasia_afp/indiabritainminingvedantarights
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The Sun supports the Dongria Kondh, attacks Vedanta

Tribe’s fight to save their Pandora

British tabloid The Sun has joined those comparing the story of James Cameron’s film Avatar to that of the Dongria Kondh people resisting London-based Vedanta Resources in the Niyamgiri …
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Papua New Guinea: Amnesty urges police violence at Porgera be investigated

Amnesty International has published a report on alleged police brutality and forced evictions occurring around the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The organisation asks members of the public to urge the PNG government …
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Vedanta resources’ statement on Amnesty report is full of errors and omissions, says Amnesty

Amnesty International today (10 February) reacted to a statement from Vedanta Resources, which was distributed by a marketing agency in Delhi yesterday, regarding Amnesty’s 9 February report “Don’t Mine Us Out of Existence”. The statement …
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UK-based company devastating communities in India, says new Amnesty report.

An alumina refinery operated by a subsidiary of UK-based FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources in Orissa, India, is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people and their access to water, …
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Concern at UK Government attempt to undermine ability to sue UK companies in UK courts

Submission to European Commission regarding Brussels I Regulation (EC 44/2001)

CORE, Leigh Day & Co, The TUC, Amnesty International, Rights & Accountability in Development (RAID), One World Action, Global Witness and The Cornerhouse wrote to …
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Proposed Vedanta mine threatens livelihoods and cultural identity of indigenous community in India

9 July 2009

The Indian government should immediately withdraw the clearance granted to a massive mining project that threatens the lives and livelihoods of a protected indigenous community living there, Amnesty International said today.

In …
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