Amnesty International is calling on Indian authorities to urgently investigate the armed abduction of two indigenous leaders, who were on their way to campaign against the bauxite mine project proposed by a subsidiary of UK-based company Vedanta Resources, and the Orissa Mining Corporation.
The pair were abducted on 9 August in Orissa province, in the east of India. One of the activists, Sana Sikaka, was รข??released' late last night by being thrown out of a van, and has alleged that the gunmen were police. Lado Sikaka, the most senior leader of the Dongria Kondh indigenous community, is still being held by the gunmen.
Orissa provincial police have remained silent on who was responsible for the abduction, and have not opened any investigation despite requests by activists. Full story...
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The pair were abducted on 9 August in Orissa province, in the east of India. One of the activists, Sana Sikaka, was รข??released' late last night by being thrown out of a van, and has alleged that the gunmen were police. Lado Sikaka, the most senior leader of the Dongria Kondh indigenous community, is still being held by the gunmen.
Orissa provincial police have remained silent on who was responsible for the abduction, and have not opened any investigation despite requests by activists. Full story...
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