Whale Wars Victory – Activists to be Released

Three Australian Activists Released from Detention on a Japanese Whaler in Australian Waters 10 Jan, 2012 07:45 AM An unscheduled meeting between Japan’s whalers and environmental activists on the high seas seems an unlikely backdrop to an outbreak of détente. But Australia […]

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Four officials taken hostage by Himachal villagers freed

cross posted from here Indo-Asian News Service June 22, 2011 Shimla, June. 22 — Four government functionaries associated with a mega hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district [India] were taken hostage by villagers protesting over environmental issues and released after a […]

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