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The Priya Pillai offloading of January 2015 was an incident in India where an environmental activist was offloaded from a flight in order to prevent her from testifying internationally on the activity of a firm registered in the UK. Later, the Ministry of Home Affairs (India) argued that her deposition before a British parliamentary committee would have been "prejudicial to national interest"〔 〕 In its judgment, the Delhi High Court observed that dissent "may not be palatable; even so, it cannot be muzzled."〔http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/lookout-notice-against-pillai-illegal-hc/story-GGFhuJvSGCDkqS3vg2Bd4N.html〕 The incident has been widely discussed in India as evidence suggesting a possible trend towards eroding Freedom of expression in India under the Bharatiya Janata Party government. 〔 quote: Nandini Sundar: "why is the Indian government so interested in defending the foreign companies’ right to exploit Indian resources and Indian adivasis?" 〕 〔 〕〔 〕 International media has also been critical of the Narendra Modi Government.〔 quote: Justice Rajiv Shakdher reminded the government of what should have been obvious: “You cannot muzzle dissent in a democracy.”〕 〔 〕 ==Background== The government was interested in promoting coal energy, and in the work of the Mahan Coal Limited, a joint venture of the UK-registered firm Essar Energy with Hindalco, to mine coal in an old sal forest area in Madhya Pradesh. Priya Pillai, who works with Greenpeace India, had been campaigning actively in Mahan for several years. In January 2015, she was to testify before the British All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tribal Peoples chaired by Martin Horwood, which was looking at the role of Essar Power. At the airport on 11 January, immigration officials offloaded her from the flight,〔 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Greenpeace-activist-offloaded-from-Delhi-London-flight/articleshow/45846371.cms〕 but no reason was given to her for this act.〔 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/12/greenpeace-india-campaigner-prevented-from-travelling-to-the-uk〕 Pillai wrote twice to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs wishing to know the legal basis for the offloading,〔http://www.outlookindia.com/newsarticle/greenpeace-campaigner-stopped-from-boarding-london-flight/876795〕 but received no reply. Then she took the matter to Delhi High Court, with her lawyer Indira Jaising arguing that there had been a "simultaneous violation of the right to free speech, right to freedom of association and personal liberty of movement."〔 http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/speaking-for-tribal-rights-not-anti-national-pillai-to-hc/〕 In a leaked report from June 2014, Greenpeace was accused of mounting protests that had brought down India's GDP by 2-3%.〔 http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ib-report-to-pmo-greenpeace-is-a-threat-to-national-economic-security/〕 In September 2014, a British greenpeace activist was deported from India despite having a valid visa.〔 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/22/greenpeace-worker-refused-entry-india〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 Priya Pillai offloading」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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