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.

Amnesty has called on the Peruvian government to revoke its decision to expel a British Catholic activist who has been defending the rights of Indigenous people.

A Native American leader wants a global Protestant body to create a truth and reconciliation commission to redress unjust Church involvement in the cultural assimilation of indigenous peoples.

Recent incidents of violence in Bagua, Peru, are further examples of the suppression of indigenous people's rights, says the head of the World Council of Churches. Just policies and an end to violence are needed for peace.