Annual Report 2013
The state of the world's human rights

30 January 2012

Video: Indian police forcibly evict Indigenous people in toxic dump protest

Video: Indian police forcibly evict Indigenous people in toxic dump protest

Protesters in the state of Orissa, India have clashed with police during a demonstration against forced evictions from land earmarked for a Vedanta Aluminium toxic waste dump.

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India urged to clean up Vedanta refinery after plant expansion rejected (News, 20 January 2012)

Issue

Business And Human Rights 

Country

India 

Region

Asia And The Pacific 

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News

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14 June 2013

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18 June 2013

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18 June 2013

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17 June 2013

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