{"id":244773,"date":"2024-07-20T02:09:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=244773"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:09:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:39:13","slug":"un-special-rapporteur-on-hrd-concerned-at-arrest-of-environmental-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/un-special-rapporteur-on-hrd-concerned-at-arrest-of-environmental-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"UN special rapporteur on HRD concerned at arrest of environmental activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 19 Jul:<\/strong> UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (HRD), Mary Lawlor, has expressed concern over the recent arrest and detention of environmental activists Ebo Mili and Dungge Apang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a social media post, Lawlor stated, &#8220;Disturbing news from India, environmental HRDs Ebo Mili &amp; Dungge Apang were arrested on 8th July, detained for 10 hours &amp; released on condition to stop their activism. All the more concerning as it isn&#8217;t the 1st time lawyer Mili is detained for his peaceful work,&#8221; tagging India UN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state government had detained activist lawyer Ebo Mili and Siang Indigenous Farmers&#8217; Forum (SIFF) convener Dunge Apang while the union power minister was on a visit to Itanagar on 8 July.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the SIFF has forwarded a letter to the PMO, previously submitted to the DCM on 17 July, strongly opposing the proposed 11,000MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter reminded the PMO of CM Pema Khandu&#8217;s election campaign speeches in 2024 at Pangin, Geku, and Boleng, where he stated, &#8220;No dam shall be built in Siang if the public doesn&#8217;t agree&#8230; no development project shall start without people&#8217;s consent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said that the farmers have collectively rejected the dam, and added that no pre-feasibility study shall be allowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 19 Jul: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (HRD), Mary Lawlor, has expressed concern over the recent arrest and detention of environmental activists Ebo Mili and Dungge Apang. In a social media post, Lawlor stated, &#8220;Disturbing news from India, environmental HRDs Ebo Mili &amp; Dungge Apang were arrested on 8th July, detained for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-244773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}