India

‘A River named Titas’ was killed! An Appeal to World Leaders!

Shafiqul Islam Jibon — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:14:42 +0000

By Shafiqul Islam Jibon

“A River named Titas’’ -a famous and touching movie in Bangladesh. It was made in 1973 after two years of independence against brutal Pakistan. The movie discovers the life of the fishermen on the bank of Titas in Bangladesh. ..................... Millions of people are now just mourning for killing of live Titas River.

Source: ‘A River named Titas’ was killed! An Appeal to World Leaders!

Amnesty Blogs: Press release me, let me go : WANTED: EXECUTIONER

Emerson — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:47:51 +0100

COMPETITIVE SALARY, MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE START, EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

It’s rare that the executioner is the one on the wanted list, but in India this week there is a hunt on.

Source: Amnesty Blogs: Press release me, let me go : WANTED: EXECUTIONER

Calling for the release of Dr Binayak Sen

cat — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:54:52 +0000

Bianca Jagger: A Landmark Victory for Indigenous and Tribal Rights

vero — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:50:44 +0100

Today Indian Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh announced that he has rejected Vedanta's proposed bauxite mine in the Niyamgiri Mountain, Orissa, India. In addition, the clearance process for the expansion of the Lanjigarh refinery has been suspended. This represents a victory not only for the Dongria Kondh, but for indigenous and tribal people throughout the world.

Source: Bianca Jagger: A Landmark Victory for Indigenous and Tribal Rights

BBC News - India rejects Vedanta mine plans for Orissa

vero — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:33:00 +0100

India's environment ministry has refused permission for the UK mining group Vedanta to extract bauxite in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

Source: BBC News - India rejects Vedanta mine plans for Orissa

Vedanta should not be given mining approval: govt panel - Yahoo! News

vero — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:31:09 +0100

A government panel said on Monday UK-based mining group Vedanta Resources Plc should not be given permission for bauxite mining in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

Source: Vedanta should not be given mining approval: govt panel - Yahoo! News

Vedanta’s India mine slammed in devastating government report - Survival International

vero — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:28:46 +0100

In a devastating report, a committee set up by India’s Environment Minister has ruled that Vedanta has acted illegally and with ‘total contempt for the law’; that local officials have ‘colluded’ in the company’s illegal activity and falsified documents; that ‘it is established beyond any doubt that the [mining] area is the cultural, religious and economic habitat of the Dongria Kondh ’; and that to allow Vedanta’s mine would be ‘illegal’.

Source: Vedanta’s India mine slammed in devastating government report - Survival International

Anti-Vedanta Dongria Kondh Tribal Leaders Abducted: Lodu Sikaka And Sena Kikaka - Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources

vero — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:21:47 +0100

Two leaders of an Indian tribe’s resistance to a controversial mine have been abducted and are now missing, according to local reports.

Lodu (Lado) Sikaka and Sena Sikaka, two Dongria Kondh men from Odisha, eastern India, have been leading their tribe’s peaceful struggle against a massive bauxite mine planned for their land by British company Vedanta Resources.

Source: Anti-Vedanta Dongria Kondh Tribal Leaders Abducted: Lodu Sikaka And Sena Kikaka - Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources

Vedanta AGM

vero — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:46:54 +0100

Vedanta AGM

vero — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:21:58 +0100

Protest outside Vedanta AGM

vero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:58:06 +0100

Indian miner Vedanta faces Avatar-style protest at its London AGM | Environment | The Observer

vero — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:33:28 +0100

Controversial mining company Vedanta faces more protests at its annual shareholder meeting this week from campaigners who liken it to the evil multinational in the film Avatar

Source: Indian miner Vedanta faces Avatar-style protest at its London AGM | Environment | The Observer

'Shining India' makes its poor pay price of hosting Commonwealth Games

vero — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:33:29 +0100

The government bulldozers came to the school at 11am, after yoga and before English and Hindi lessons. The children and their teachers had three hours to clear the classrooms. By mid-afternoon, the Yamuna Riverbank school was rubble.

Source: 'Shining India' makes its poor pay price of hosting Commonwealth Games

Interview with Anil Agarwal, the CEO of Vedanta Resources - NDTV Profit

vero — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:29:44 +0100

Mining giant Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mine in Orissa's Niyamgiri Hills has sparked protests in India and abroad. The environmental ministry, reacting to reports that the mining will impact the livelihood and traditions of the tribals who live in the vicinity of the mine has withheld a final clearance to the mine.

In February this year, The Church of England decided to sell its entire stake in Vedanta, a FTSE listed company. But in an exclusive interview with NDTV’s Srinivasan Jain, the CEO of Vedanta Resources, Anil Agarwal, says he is going ahead with the project despite mounting unrest.

Source: Interview with Anil Agarwal, the CEO of Vedanta Resources - NDTV Profit

Vedanta’s Niyamgiri project delayed as Orissa goes for fresh forest survey

vero — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:04:39 +0100

The London Stock Exchange listed Vedanta Resources has to wait for some more time to source bauxite from the Niyamgiri mines for its 1 million tonne alumina plant at Lanjigarh as the state government has decided to conduct a fresh survey of the forest area to settle the claims under Forest Right Act.

Source: Vedanta’s Niyamgiri project delayed as Orissa goes for fresh forest survey

Now Dutch pensions firm joins Vedanta sell-off - Survival International

vero — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:30:09 +0100

A firm managing pensions for more than two million people in the Netherlands has sold its €13million (US$ 16million) stake in the notorious mining conglomerate Vedanta Resources.

Source: Now Dutch pensions firm joins Vedanta sell-off - Survival International

Vedanta mine threatens Indigenous communities

vero — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:28:43 +0100

The battle for Niyamgiri | Bianca Jagger | Environment | The Observer

vero — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:46:06 +0100

The message the Kondh ask me to take to the Indian government, the chief minister of Orissa, Vedanta and their shareholders is loud and clear: "No amount of financial reward or relocation packages can compensate for the loss of our livelihood and our sacred land"; "Please tell Vedanta that the Kondh do not want the mine to be built."

Source: The battle for Niyamgiri | Bianca Jagger | Environment | The Observer

Bhopal campaigners condemn 'insulting' sentences over disaster

vero — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:27:18 +0100

Campaign groups representing survivors of the Bhopal disaster expressed outrage today at the "insulting" sentences given to seven men for their roles in the tragedy.

Source: Bhopal campaigners condemn 'insulting' sentences over disaster

The Hindu : News : Orissa tribals suffer human rights violations by Vedanta: Amnesty

vero — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:34:29 +0100

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd’s alumina refinery has led to water and air pollution, seriously undermining the quality of life and threatening the health of nearby communities, some of whom live only a few hundred yards from the refinery’s boundary walls

Source: The Hindu : News : Orissa tribals suffer human rights violations by Vedanta: Amnesty

Don't mine us out of existence

vero — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:25:32 +0100

Seven convicted over 1984 Bhopal gas disaster | World news | guardian.co.uk

vero — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:34:00 +0100

Former employees of Union Carbide India Ltd found guilty of causing death by negligence over disaster that killed at least 15,000

Source: Seven convicted over 1984 Bhopal gas disaster | World news | guardian.co.uk

Inside India's international baby farm

Niluccio — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:27:39 +0100

Cradling her baby, Oliver, Alison, 31, happily strokes his head, holds his hands and feeds him from a bottle, like any proud new mother. But for the Australian primary-school teacher and her 35-year-old British husband, William, the birth of their son has followed a long and desperate medical struggle in which both had almost given up hope of having a child.

Source: Inside India's international baby farm

Why 1984 Still Matters

Harbakhsh — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:04:19 +0100

Many raise the slogan ‘never forget’, others less comfortable with the memories say ‘move on’. But I would say that there is a third way here. It is one which says ‘never again’, and calls for India to clean up its human rights record and become a proper functioning democracy. That is something that can only be done once justice is served on the accused in the 1984 genocide in Delhi. Then the claim by some that Sikhs cannot ever be safe or receive justice within India has less basis and the potential for further conflict dissipates. We can only hope that closure and justice for the survivors and the community as a whole is at long, long last, not far away.

Source: Why 1984 Still Matters

Andrew Buncombe: No escape from the pull of poverty

Niluccio — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:08:39 +0000

Of all the examples of human misery on such open display in this remarkable, terrifying, contradictory city, few are more moving than the hand-pulled rickshaws. For a handful of coins, an often-barefooted man dressed in little more than a dhoti tied around his waist will pull his passengers through the noisy, cluttered streets.

Source: Andrew Buncombe: No escape from the pull of poverty

Voices from the Niyamgiri Hills

Ahni — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:46:30 +0000

Niyam Raja Sacrificed

Ahni — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:25:59 +0000

If Vendata’s behaviour hasn’t infuriated enough, we now learn the bauxite they plan to take from the Niyamgiri hills may be used to produce nuclear weapons for the Indian government.

The Guardian revealed in 2009 that Vedanta plans on sending the ore to Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO). A Vedanta subsidiary, BALCO supplies 90% of the aluminium used in India’s nuclear-capable Agni, Prithvi and Akaash missiles.

Source: Niyam Raja Sacrificed

Vedanta - Mining happiness?

vero — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:33:54 +0000

Demo at the Vedanta offices in London

vero — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:16:46 +0000

Don't mine us out of existence

vero — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:03 +0000