Damning Report Blames City Of London As Vedanta Prepares To De-list Foil Vedanta • Damning report on Vedanta’s operations released. MPs take note.• Protests at AGM as Vedanta de-lists.• FCA headquarters targeted as responsible for corporate crimes. Foil Vedanta* and a coalition of organisations have released a damning report ‘Vedanta’s Billions: Regulatory failure, environment and …
Pull down the page ‘I Am Niyamgiri’!
An appeal from the students of Niyamgiri to report and pull down the page ‘I Am Niyamgiri’ misrepresenting our community This is to bring to everyone’s attention that a Facebook page is posturing as ‘I am Niyamgiri’ while as far as we know it has nothing to do with our community. Instead it makes …
London Protests Condemn Thoothukudi Vedanta Massacre: Demand Action in India & UK
Foil Vedanta 26th May 2018 An angry protest took place today from 3-5pm at the Indian High Commission in Aldwych, London, to condemn the police firing which killed at least 13 unarmed protesters at an environmental demonstration against British company Vedanta Resources’ copper smelter in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The London protest …
Protest corporate massacre of 12 protesters by Vedanta Sterlite
Foil Vedanta Dear friends, On Tuesday this week, police, with clear complicity of Vedanta, opened fire on the 100th day of protests against the Sterlite copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, and killed 12 innocent and unarmed protesters. We will be holding a protest at the India High Commission (WC2B 4) in London on Saturday …
Protests against Sterlite’s Tamil Nadu plant in London
Foil Vedanta PROTESTS ESCALATE IN LONDON AND TAMIL NADU, INDIA, AGAINST POLLUTING BRITISH COPPER SMELTER A noisy protest will take place at 2 pm on Saturday 24th March at 42-44 Hill Street in Mayfair, London, as British Tamils armed with traditional Parai drums join with major demonstrations in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, India, against …
Zambian farmers win against Vedanta in UK
Foil Vedanta Victory for Polluted Zambian Farmers Suing Vedanta in UK Judges today threw out Vedanta’s appeal to the May 2016 High Court judgment allowing Zambian farmers to have their case against the company heard in the UK. The judgment adds further weight to precedents holding UK companies legally responsible for the actions of …
“Zero Harm”: Minutes of Vedanta Resources’ 2017 AGM
Foil Vedanta This year was Vedanta’s 14th AGM, since registering on the London Stock Exchange in December 2003, and the 14th year that dissident shareholders have attended the meeting to hold the company to account for their environmental and human rights abuses. The minutes published by activist shareholders every year, documenting the company’s response …
Global Day of Action against Vedanta at their AGM on 14th August
* Protests held by communities in Zambia and India. * Activist shareholders again disrupt London AGM today. * Vedanta battles international arbitration and UK compensation case over Zambian pollution. Foil Vedanta Loud and theatrical protests were held outside the AGM of British mining company Vedanta Resources'(1) at the Lincoln Centre, Lincoln Inn Fields, London at …
Global Day of Action against Vedanta at their AGM
* Protests to be held by communities affected by British miner Vedanta Resources in India and Africa. * Activist shareholders to again disrupt London AGM on 14th August. * Vedanta battles international arbitration and UK compensation case over Zambian pollution. Foil Vedanta Loud and theatrical protests will again be held outside the AGM of …