{"id":247624,"date":"2024-09-01T01:48:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T20:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=247624"},"modified":"2024-09-01T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T04:49:10","slug":"nehr-condemns-order-restraining-gbs-pr-leaders-from-taking-part-in-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/09\/01\/nehr-condemns-order-restraining-gbs-pr-leaders-from-taking-part-in-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"NEHR condemns order restraining GBs, PR leaders from taking part in protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 31 Aug:<\/strong> The North East Human Rights (NEHR) on Saturday strongly condemned Upper Siang EAC Aniyang Ratan and Siang DC PN Thungon for issuing a &#8220;repressive order&#8221; to the head goan burahs, gaon burahs and PRI leaders, directing them to refrain from taking part in any form of protest or agitation against developmental activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DC and the EAC issued the orders in the wake of the anti-dam protest against the NHPC&#8217;s proposed balance geo-physical survey for the Siang hydropower project at Ditte Dime in Upper Siang district and Siang district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, the NEHR said that &#8220;these orders pose a clear threat to the HGBs, GBs, and PRI leaders, warning them of dire consequences if they exercise their constitutional rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;No free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) has been obtained, and the documentation for the PFR is being conducted by the NHPC and the state administration&#8221; the NEHR added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The human rights organisation further termed the order &#8220;a blatant violation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to which India is a signatory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;According to the UNDRIP, any such project must have FPIC from the affected communities,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Upper Siang EAC has cited the CCS Conduct Rules, 1964, which do not apply to HGBs, GBs, and PRIs, the organisation argued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This is a clear misuse of power, aimed at intimidating and preventing the innocent public and community leaders from exercising their constitutional rights,&#8221; it added, and stated that the order can be challenged in the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 31 Aug: The North East Human Rights (NEHR) on Saturday strongly condemned Upper Siang EAC Aniyang Ratan and Siang DC PN Thungon for issuing a &#8220;repressive order&#8221; to the head goan burahs, gaon burahs and PRI leaders, directing them to refrain from taking part in any form of protest or agitation against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[393,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-amar-sangno","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247624","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=247624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}