Huge Resistance from Adivasi villagers to Vedanta’s Destructive Mining Project

Solidarity with Adivasi villagers resisting Vedanta's attempted takeover of their sacred mountains to mine bauxite. The following articles report on this in detail: https://countercurrents.org/2023/10/sijimali-bauxite-mining-project-of-vedanta-public-hearing-met-with-resounding-opposition/ https://www.groundxero.in/2023/10/19/resounding-opposition-from-local-villagers-to-mining-by-vedanta-during-the-second-public-hearing/

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State ‘attacking activists’ to break tribal struggle for land in bauxite-rich Odisha hills

The following statements by the National Alliance of People's Movements and the Odisha based Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakhya Sangathan are among many expressions of outrage at state attacks using the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Adivasis seeking to protect the Niyamgiri hills from bauxite mining. Find out more here: https://www.counterview.net/2023/08/state-attacking-activists-to-break.html ; https://pudr.org/free-niyamgiri-stop-arrests-illegal-detentions-and-attacks-nss-and-people-kashipur ; https://countercurrents.org/2023/08/withdraw-uapa-cases-against-leaders-activists-and-supporters-of-the-movement-led-by-niyamgiri-surakhya-samiti/ … Continue reading State ‘attacking activists’ to break tribal struggle for land in bauxite-rich Odisha hills →

Statement against the drone bomb attacks in Chhattisgarh, India

Press Note Over 85 international organisations and individual campaigners, activists and academics including two Labour MPs and a former Labour MEP have released a statement condemning the Indian state’s continued drone bomb attacks in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, the most recent on 7 April 2023. The repeated use of aerial bombardment on civilian populations suggests … Continue reading Statement against the drone bomb attacks in Chhattisgarh, India →

Crisis in India

As people will be aware, there is a crisis in India; not just the recent Covid-19 surge but the human rights violations by the current government for the last five years or so including the revoking of Article 370 and atrocities in Kashmir, the Citizens Amendment Act (CAA), the Farm Bill and indiscriminate arrests under … Continue reading Crisis in India →

Hidme Markam

On 9th of March Chhattisgarh police arrested Hidme Markam, Indigenous human rights and environmental defender while she was at an International Women’s Day event where many had gathered to commemorate Adivasi (Indigenous) women who have lost their lives as a consequence of violent physical and sexual assault by police and security forces. IndiaMatters UK urges … Continue reading Hidme Markam →

Experts welcome health assessment mandate for thermal power plant clearance

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has now made it mandatory for all new Thermal Power Plants in the India to comply with “Human Health and Environment” criteria as part of the mandatory clearance procedures. Through an Office Memorandum issued on 19th November 2018, the MoEFCC mandates that a baseline health status within … Continue reading Experts welcome health assessment mandate for thermal power plant clearance →

What`s been happening in 2018?

A great deal has happened in India since January 2018. This extract from an article in scroll.in gives a brief overview of events. To read the full article just click on the link at the end. On New Year’s day 2018, caste violence broke out in Bhima Koregaon village, 30 km from Pune, during a … Continue reading What`s been happening in 2018? →

India is on its way to becoming a fragile state

An excellent overview of current conditions in India published in The Wire. "If steps are not taken now failure will set in. These failing conditions have not appeared suddenly like some fever. They have been creeping up on us for decades. Successive governments have covered them up and denied they exist. Each of these conditions … Continue reading India is on its way to becoming a fragile state →

Statement by IAPL on issues raised by four senior judges

IAPL STATEMENT ON ISSUES RAISED BY FOUR SENIOR SC JUDGES ON 12.1.2018 12th January 2018 The Indian Association of People’s Lawyers applauds the courageous step taken by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court in placing, before “we, the people” as the ultimate authority, the impasse that has been created by the refusal of … Continue reading Statement by IAPL on issues raised by four senior judges →