“The battle lines will be drawn indelibly between the people and the Corporates and it is anybody’s guess as to who will win.” So comments human rights activisit, M C Raj, as he reviews the …
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Vedanta: is Nyamgiri ruling a “revolutionary” moment for India’s poor?
India: Nyamgiri ruling “a great victory for indigenous rights”
In one of the longest-running – and certainly the most widely-publicised – of Indian struggles to halt a threatened mining venture, the community seems to have won. On Thursday, 18 April 2013, the country’s Supreme …
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Protest at Vedanta HQ as Supreme Court decision announced
Indian Supreme Court judges yesterday handed the final decision on Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mine to the Dongria Kond tribe and farmers living around the mountain. Two Gram Sabha’s (village councils) or local self-government within 10km of …
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Mining causes poverty through the logic of the Resource Curse
By Felix Padel and Samarendra Das
An answer to Venky Vembu’s article ‘Jairam is wrong: It isn’t mining that causes poverty’ written after Jairam Ramesh’s januray visit to Niyamgiri mountain.
The mainstream belief that mining-based …
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Vedanta: Inside report from the Supreme Court Niyamgiri case
This report comes from Foil Vedanta’s friend in the court room as the Niyamgiri case continues…
http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/inside-report-from-the-supreme-court-niyamgiri-case/…
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UK investigation launched as MoEF repeats no to Niyamgiri mine
Dongria Kond and farmers protest on Niyamgiri (Photo: Foil Vedanta)
Yesterday the Indian Supreme Court held its latest hearing on Vedanta’s planned mega-mine which threatens the Dongria Kond tribe who live in the Niyamgiri hills. …
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Indian Ministers support Indigenous Peoples against Vedanta
India Tribal affairs minister against diluting Forest Peoples’ Rights
Tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo has warned against dilution of the Forest Rights Act for faster approval to projects and has asked environment minister Jaynathi …
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Protesters mob Vedanta HQ as verdict deferred again
Protests were held in London and New York in solidarity with Dongria Kondh Indigenous People resisting Vedanta’s plans to mine the sacred Niyamgiri Hills in India. Click on image for more.
Is Vedanta poised on the brink of failure?
For years, Vedanta Resources plc has been thwarted in gaining access to the Nyamgiri bauxite deposit in Orissa; meanwhile it has suspended alumina output from the adjacent Lanjigarh alumina refinery. The company has consistently failed …
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Will Indian government reverse bauxite mine cancellations in Andhra and Orissa?
Any dilution of the rules under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, as being contemplated at the highest levels of the government, could lead to adverse impact in the ongoing Supreme Court case on UPA’s decision …
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Delhi Supreme Court postpones verdict on Nyamgiri mine
On 6 December, demonstrations were mounted in both Orissa and Britain, calling for the closure of Vedanta Resources’ Lanjigarh alumina refinery. Several thousand tribal people gathered at the site itself, while supporters threw mud onto …
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LONDON PROTESTERS JOIN FIVE THOUSAND IN INDIA TO STOP VEDANTA MINE
Foil Vedanta PRESS RELEASE 6 December 2012
India High Commission entrance is blocked with mud as noisy protests call for a final end to Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mine
Vedanta forced to close refinery as Supreme Court …
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