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, says a new report from Amnesty International today (Tuesday 9 February). “We used to bathe in the river but now [...]
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 the European Commission, raising concerns regarding the UK Government’s position in relation to the European Court of Justice ruling in [...]
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 April 2009, Indian authorities gave Vedanta Aluminium Limited and the state-owned Orissa Mining Corporation permission to mine bauxite for the [...]
Vedanta’s Niyamgiri project given environmental clearance
A bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills, sacred to the Dongria Kondh people in Orissa, India, has been given environmental clearance by the Indian Government’s Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The clearance notification (see below) allows a period of 30 days to file an appeal on environmental grounds, but full-scale mining could start [...]
Canadian moves to hold extractives companies to account
A Bill being debated in the Canadian House of Commons calls for greater corporate accountability for the activities of Canadian mining, oil and gas companies operating in developing countries. Bill C-300 deals with issues with which Amnesty International’s Business and Human Rights program has long been concerned. See http://www.amnesty.ca/blog_post.php?id=730.
« go back — keep looking »
