Largest Indian business paper sides with the Dongria Kondh
India’s leading business paper, the Economic Times, has called for Vedanta’s planned mine in Orissa to be blocked.
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UN report means no oil exploration on uncontacted tribes’ land
A report by a major UN body urges Peru’s government to suspend the hunt for natural resources on Indigenous land if the people living there have not given their full consent.
Vedanta mine slammed by Indian government team
A team of experts from the Indian government has released a damning report on the activities of FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources, and its plans to mine for bauxite on tribal land in Orissa, India.
Vedanta snubs British government again
Vedanta Resources has once again snubbed a British government investigation into its planned mine in Orissa, India, by labelling government calls for a change in its corporate behaviour ‘one-sided’, and urging it to ‘rest the case’.
Bari Indians speak at landmark Supreme Court hearing
Thirteen Bari Indians attended an historic hearing at the Supreme Court in Caracas last week, to defend their right to own their ancestral land.
Britain’s Foreign Office criticized for misleading public about Botswana
A London barrister has criticized the UK’s Foreign Office of for failing to acknowledge on its website that the Botswana government ’s illegally and forcibly removed treatment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their ancestral lands. on its website.
Legal blow for controversial Andaman tourist resort
Weeks after the last member of the Bo tribe died on the Andaman Islands, an Indian court has moved to protect the neighbouring Jarawa tribe by suspending the operation of a controversial tourist resort.
Colombian leaders in London to launch ‘campaign against extinction’
Two Indigenous Colombian leaders are on a European tour to launch an international campaign aimed at protecting at least eighteen tribes facing the ‘imminent risk of extinction’.