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Priya Pillai

Thoothukudi massacre is a tragic reminder that India is in the grip of a state-corporate nexus

Murder is only the most extreme of tactics used to silence land and environmental defenders. Death threats, arbitrary arrests, sexual assault are quite common.

Priya Pillai
· May 27, 2018 · 12:30 pm
Environmental security isn’t an obstacle to development – it’s a basic human right

Only a development model that combines human rights and environmental justice can ensure 'sabke saath sabka vikaas'.

Priya Pillai
· Dec 10, 2015 · 11:30 am
Greenpeace activist explains why British MPs need to hear about forest dwellers in India

Essar, the company committing the alleged violations, is listed in London, writes Priya Pillai.

Priya Pillai
· Jan 13, 2015 · 07:36 pm