PUBLIC STATEMENT BY THE SOLIDARITY CONVENTION FOR THE ANTI-MINING AND LAND RIGHTS STRUGGLES IN NIYAMGIRI New Delhi, 10 October 2009

Condemning the attempt of filing contempt case against Advocate Prashant Bhushan
We the undersigned state that it was shameful for Justice S H Kapadia – one of the three-judge Forest Bench that was hearing the Niyamgiri case – to pass an order in the Supreme Court holding that while Vedanta could not be given the license [...]

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Joint Resolution passed

Joint Resolution passed at the
Solidarity Convention for Anti-Mining and Land Rights Struggle in Niyamgiri

10 October 2009, New Delhi
Demanding immediate scrapping of mining permission and ensure protection of peoples’ rights to land, forests, culture, and livelihoods in Niyamgiri, Orissa, India
As recently as 5 October 2009, more than 3000 adivasis, dalits, and others, gathered [...]

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