Security forces cracked down on the Dongria Kondh tribe as they prepared for a religious festival last weekend at the top of India’s most contentious mountain. Hundreds are determined to attend the Niyamraja ritual in the sacred Niyamgiri Hills, which are at the centre of a controversial mining project involving UK company Vedanta Resources.
See http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/8125.
See also video at http://youtu.be/WoMW_d2vdWE.