U.S. voices concern over India action against Ford Foundation, Greenpeace


  • World
  • Sunday, 26 Apr 2015

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has expressed concern that India's crackdown on the activities of the Ford Foundation and Greenpeace India could limit "necessary and critical debate" in the world's largest democracy and is seeking "clarification".

A U.S. State Department official said Washington was aware New Delhi had suspended the registration of Greenpeace India and put the Ford Foundation on a security watch list, ordering government approval of any of its activities in India.

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