Subject:Freedom of Speech
Message:
On January 11, the Indian government went against an
Indian woman and her freedom of speech. It is appalling that
when the world is committing to free speech, India,
the largest democracy is trying to muzzle it. As we approach
our 65th Republic Day, our constitutional rights are being violated.
http://act.greenpeace.in/freedomofspeech/
By banning Greenpeace Campaigner Priya Pillai from travelling
to the United Kingdom, the Indian government is crushing dissent.
Priya was going to address British MPs about saving the oldest sal
forests of Asia in the region of Mahan in India, which are under threat
of mining by Essar (Essar Energy is a UK-based company).
Fighting for Indians to have access to clean air, water and
energy does not make you anti-national. Instead, suppressing
a people-powered movement and taking away an individual's
rights does. Today it is Priya and Greenpeace. Tomorrow it
could be any of us. I have already signed up to protect my
constitutional rights. You should too here:
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Keep_Mailing" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to keep_mailing+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to keep_mailing@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/keep_mailing.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keep_mailing/CAGLz4tAUv%2Bc3der%2BZ_VCf%3DEsNGzG_Z347Wn2RZzkAYf4whVPPg%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
No comments:
Post a Comment