Very Big Victory for Human Rights in Orissa
August 24, 2010 • By Govind AcharyaAmnesty International applauds the Government of India’s decision to reject a bauxite mine in the Dongria Kondh region of the state of Orissa.
We also welcome the government’s decision to suspend the clearance process for the sixfold expansion of the Lanjigarh refinery at the foothills of Niyamgiri, operated by Vedanta subsidiary Vedanta Aluminium, after a government’s expert committee found it to be illegal.
It’s not often that we get such a clear cut victory, but this is one of those occasions.
“After years of struggle and visits by committees our voice has finally reached Delhi,” a Dongria Kondh leader today told Amnesty International.
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I was involved with your organization a number of years ago when i served an personal assistant to the director of The Singapore Christian Conference Center. It was in a very anonymous capacity in order to protect many people. Anyway, the case involved a number of minority Coptic Christians in Egypt who were being tortured & persecuted for their faith. The brave Englishwoman who put her entire career on the line to help these poor folks in Egypt had to go back to her home country for good. I was nearly beaten to death by Muslim police officers in Singapore, & a long court case continued with pictures of the beatings…..
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