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Posted by Greenpeace UK — 23 July 2015 at 5:36pm
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This is a guest post by Vinuta Gopal, who is the interim Co-Executive Director at Greenpeace India.
Greenpeace India ought to be finished by now. We’ve had our accounts frozen, our reputation smeared and our staff banned from travel. Mr. Rajnath Singh, the Minister of Home Affairs has done everything he can to shut down our offices, harass our staff and force us to close. But we’re still here.
Posted by Sondhya Gupta — 28 May 2015 at 1:06pm
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Government crackdown = greenpeace shutdown
Why is Greenpeace India on the receiving end of a government crackdown?
Over the last 15 years, Greenpeace India has had some important victories. We have worked to get clean air, clean water and clean energy for the country. In doing so, we have challenged the fossil fuel industry and held some corporations accountable. Sometimes, we disagreed with the government too. This has now earned us the wrath of India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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The Delhi High Court today ruled the Indian government
must unfreeze Greenpeace India funds received from abroad. In its ruling the
court noted that the action of the Ministry of Home Affairs in freezing
Greenpeace India funds is “arbitrarily illegal” and “unconstitutional”. It
observed that NGOs are entitled to have their viewpoint and merely because
their views are not in accordance with the Government’s views it does not mean
the NGO is acting to the detriment of the national interest.
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The Delhi High Court today ruled the Indian government
must unfreeze Greenpeace India funds received from abroad. In its ruling the
court noted that the action of the Ministry of Home Affairs in freezing
Greenpeace India funds is “arbitrarily illegal” and “unconstitutional”. It
observed that NGOs are entitled to have their viewpoint and merely because
their views are not in accordance with the Government’s views it does not mean
the NGO is acting to the detriment of the national interest.
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A Greenpeace
campaigner on her way to London to meet British MPs has been stopped by
government officials at Delhi airport and told she cannot travel.
Priya Pillai was scheduled
to address the MPs at the House of Commons in London this week, but yesterday
immigration officials told her the Indian government is refusing to let her
make the trip.
