Sunday, July 26, 2009

Church of England's complicity in Vedanta's Dongria row in India...

The idea that there could be any connection between one of India's most remote and inaccessible areas and the Church of England seems improbable, at first glance.

High in the monsoon mists in eastern India, witch doctors in the Niyamgiri hills still make sacrifices to the gods and tribes believe the hills are sacred. 

It is a world away from the quiet corridors of Church House - the headquarters of the Church of England in London. 

But campaigners say that the lives of indigenous people in India are under threat because of a mining project involving a UK company, in which the Church of England has a £2.5m ($4.1m) stake. More + video...

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