For generations, the Kondh of Orissa, in India, have lived on a fertile mountain which they revere as a god. But since the arrival in 2008 of a British aluminium refinery, their land has been poisoned and the villagers imprisoned. Now, the tribes people are making what could be their last stand, writes Bianca Jagger.
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/13/mining-aluminium-tribes-india-jagger.
See also:
Undermining Human Rights in the Name of Development
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-jagger/undermining-human-rights_b_613904.html
and Bianca Jagger: Crimes Against The Future http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/15/forbes-india-bianca-jagger-crimes-against-future-opinions-ideas-10-jagger_print.html
Bianca Jagger is a human rights, social justice and climate change advocate.
She is Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation and a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador.