The two Dongria Kondh activists abducted earlier this week have been released. They have been campaigning against the development of a mine by Vedanta Resources.

With a growing number of fatalities in Kashmir and Jammu, Amnesty International has called on security forces to show restraint when using live ammunition.

The Prime Minister has been criticised for using his trip to India this past week as a platform for a £700 million arms deal.

The controversial transnational corporation Vedanta Resources has suffered its third major blow in a month due to human rights concerns. The Indian state of Odisha has ordered a new investigation into the rights of the Dongria Kondh tribe affected by the company's bauxite mine.