‘GUILTY’: UK government blasts Vedanta in unprecedented attack
The UK government today blasted FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources over its treatment of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa, India.
News from the Dongria Kondh
‘The great war has begun’: Tribes in India determined to stop British mining company
Thousands of people rallied yesterday against billionaire Anil Agarwal’s mining company, Vedanta Resources, which wants to mine a sacred mountain in India for aluminium ore.
Banks meet activists to discuss Vedanta
A meeting of bankers, NGOs and lawyers took place in London this week to discuss concerns over British company Vedanta Resources’ mining operations.
Human Rights Commission to investigate Survival complaint
India's National Human Rights Commission has written to the Government of Orissa demanding a full report into its joint venture mining project with British mining giant Vedanta Resources, following a complaint submitted by Survival.
Tribe brings warning to London with help of celebrities
Human rights campaigner, Bianca Jagger, and Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy lent their support for a protest today outside the AGM of British mining company Vedanta Resources.
Vedanta blocked by tribal protests as indigenous resistance spreads worldwide
Repeated protests by tribal people in Orissa, India, have blocked the mining plans of one of Britain’s biggest companies, leading to a costly delay.
Urgent appeal to UN to stop mine
Survival International lodged two urgent appeals today to stop a controversial bauxite mine in India. Survival has called on both the UN and India’s National Human Rights Committee to stop Vedanta Resources’ mine in the Niyamgiri Hills, Orissa.
Anil Agarwal and Vedanta Resources humiliated as environment award withdrawn
British mining company Vedanta Resources, owned by billionaire Anil Agarwal, faced humiliation at the weekend as its ‘Golden Peacock’ award for environmental management was withdrawn at the last minute.
‘Invisible’ protesters demonstrate against British mining company and destruction of tribe
‘Invisible’ demonstrators from Survival International today targeted the Indian High Commission in London.
London protesters vow to stop British mine and destruction of tribe in India
Survival International will hold a protest tomorrow outside the Indian High Commission in London, to demand that the Indian government stops the mining giant Vedanta Resources from destroying the land of the Dongria Kondh tribe.