The website of LetIndiabreathe.in was blocked weeks after a sample letter criticising the new draft of India’s main law for environment clearance, posted on this site, was emailed over a thousand times to the union environment ministry.
LetindiaBreathe is a collective campaigning on environmental issues. The website was blocked by the National Internet Exchange of India (NiXi), a public sector company controlled by the Narendra Modi-led government.
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Two more websites involved in similar campaigns have been blocked as well. NiXI further blocked access to FridaysforFuture.in—the India chapter of the international movement led by climate change activist Greta Thunberg—and ThereisnoEarthB.in, according to the Internet Freedom Foundation.
- The Narendra Modi government has provided no reasons for why the LetIndiaBreathe.in website has been blocked.
An official from the union government controlled company NIXI said it had blocked LetIndiaBreathe.in on the direction of a law enforcement agency. The official, who sought anonymity as he isn’t authorised to speak to the press, said he did not know if FridaysforFuture.in and ThereisnoEarthB.in had been blocked as well.
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