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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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