Trust sells Vedanta shares over human rights abuse
After the Church of England, another British investor has decided to sell its shares worth 2.2 million pounds (Rs.159 million/$3.5 million) in the Indian-owned mining company Vedanta …
Read more
Rowntree trust pulls out of Vedanta
Indian tribe appeals for Avatar director’s help to stop Vedanta
The Dongria Kondh say plot of James Cameron’s blockbuster reflects their plight as they struggle to stop company from opening bauxite mine on sacred mountain.
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/08/dongria-kondh-help-stop-vedanta.…
Read more
Pro-mining ‘goons’ harass and intimidate human rights investigators in India
Human rights investigators in India have been harassed and intimidated by large gangs of men apparently paid to stop any outsiders reaching the site of a controversial proposed mine in India. The men, known locally …
Read more
Vedanta’s scare tactics against human rights NGO
Metals giant Vedanta Resources’ Indian subsidiary has launched an unprecedented attack on Survival International, apparently to drive its researchers out of an area where the company is planning to mine.
See http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5359.…
Read more
Indigenous Peoples suffer from both climate change and proposed solutions
‘Moves to stop global warming are devastating tribal people’, says new report
Measures to stop global warming risk being as harmful to tribal peoples as climate change itself, according to a new report from Survival …
Read more
UK government finds Vedanta in major breach of trust
Last week’s conclusion by a UK government agency that Vedanta Resources has violated guidelines laid down by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) is certainly significant. It serves to confirm claims by numerous …
Read more
Vedanta, Niyamgiri and the British Government
Vedanta versus the villagers: the fight for the sacred mountain
Tribes say plans by UK-listed mining firm Vedanta to mine on holy land will destroy their way of life
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/12/vedanta-versus-the-villagers.
Government criticises mining …
Read more
‘GUILTY’: UK government blasts Vedanta in unprecedented attack
Government demands a ‘change in the company’s behaviour’.
The UK government has attacked Vedanta’s treatment of the Dongria Kondh.
The UK government today blasted FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources over its treatment of the Dongria Kondh …
Read more
Vedanta AGM report
Vedanta plc held its annual shareholders’ meeting a month ago. The following report summarises the issues raised at the meeting, and the responses from the company.
Concerns raised at the Vedanta plc AGM, Monday 27 …
Read more
Tribal leader appeals to Vedanta shareholders to oppose Indian mine
Protesters lined up outside the annual meeting of British mining company Vedanta Resources on Monday to put pressure on its shareholders over plans to mine bauxite on a tribal community’s sacred land in India.
As …
Read more
Worldwide protests against Vedanta
The Global Campaign Against Vedanta has issued the following press release. See below for message of support from Arundhati Roy, further reports, and press releases from ActionAid and Survival International.
PRESS RELEASE
GLOBAL DAY OF …
Read more