The UK government is proposing to change the system so that lawyers’ success fees and the insurance premiums would be paid out of the damages awarded to the victim instead of being paid by the …
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Global justice under threat from Legal Aid plans
Further reflections on the Vedanta AGM, 28 July 2010
Let’s save the real Avatar
Reflections on the Vedanta AGM by Bianca Jagger at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-jagger/lets-save-the-real-avatar_b_677094.html.
Amnesty UK video on Vedanta AGM at http://vimeo.com/14032664.
Video (made for LMN by Mikey Watts) of the …
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Amnesty petition on Vedanta
London-based Vedanta Resources, through its subsidiary companies, plans to mine for bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills, considered sacred by the Indigenous Dongria Kondh community. The proposed mine will threaten the community’s rights to water, food, …
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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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Taxpayers’ money could fund child labour or slavery overseas under new rules, warn campaigners
Taxpayers’ money could be used to fund child labour or slavery under new government proposals, campaign groups have warned.
In a joint submission to the Export Credits Guarantee Department’s public consultation, Amnesty International UK, Jubilee …
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