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10 Apr 2015

Author:
Jason Burke, Guardian (UK)

Greenpeace bank accounts frozen by Indian government

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Samit Aich, the executive director of Greenpeace, said the move was “an attack on democracy”. “They don’t like the questions we are raising. We are environmental activists asking questions about the environment. There has been intimidation, illegal attacks for some time now,” he said...In January a Greenpeace campaigner was stopped by Indian officials from travelling to the UK to deliver a talk to MPs about the impact of mining on a poor communities and the environment in central India...Over the past year, there have been a series of measures targeting Greenpeace and several other international NGOs working on similar environmental issues in India...

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