India: Vedanta's human rights promises 'meaningless and hollow'

Headline Title: India: Vedanta's human rights promises 'meaningless and hollow' 28 August 2012 Amnesty International has accused the UK-registered mining company Vedanta of attempting to “gloss over” criticisms of its poor human rights record in the East Indian state of Orissa by publishing a “meaningless and hollow” report that puts forward the company’s own account of its operations there. With the company staging its annual general meeting today (28 August) in London, Amnesty believes the “Vedanta’s Perspective” report is an attempt to calm investor fears over its…

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