 "It was a humiliating year: Greenpeace")
With its accounts frozen and forced to scale down operations, Greenpeace India on Thursday said it has been a "humiliating" year for the organisation and it is not expected from a elected government to treat "legitimate NGOs" like it in such a manner.
Days after it announced 'imminent' shutdown due to government's crackdown, the environment NGO said it will continue to run basic functions for another month by scaling back the extent of the campaign to "bare minimum" as it has seen a "surge" in support from civil society, donors and the staff, which has offered to work without pay. It also hoped for a "positive outcome" from the Delhi High Court, which will hear its writ petition challenging the suspension of its FCRA license on May 26.
While the organisation has urged supporters to sign a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to support free speech in India, it said that more than 200 of its staff have written to its executive director Samit Aich promising to work without pay in June while other civil societies have offered logistical support such as space for carrying out operations.
Days after it announced 'imminent' shutdown due to government's crackdown, the environment NGO said it will continue to run basic functions for another month by scaling back the extent of the campaign to "bare minimum" as it has seen a "surge" in support from civil society, donors and the staff, which has offered to work without pay. It also hoped for a "positive outcome" from the Delhi High Court, which will hear its writ petition challenging the suspension of its FCRA license on May 26.
While the organisation has urged supporters to sign a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to support free speech in India, it said that more than 200 of its staff have written to its executive director Samit Aich promising to work without pay in June while other civil societies have offered logistical support such as space for carrying out operations.