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So I was a little curious about some of the names from my country. I checked out the name of Isravel Moses. According to The Wire.in, an online publication, who
by anshumankmr 5y ago
So I was a little curious about some of the names from my country. I checked out the name of Isravel Moses.
According to The Wire.in, an online publication, whose credentials one would not doubt when it comes to criticizing the government or corporations had this to say
> On the night of November 8, Moses was hacked to death by alleged drug dealers, as a fallout of his reportage on the distribution and sale of ganja and the illegal encroachment of poramboke lands.
ganja is weed for those who don't know.
https://thewire.in/media/tamil-nadu-journalist-isravel-moses-murdered-drug-dealers https://thewire.in/media/tamil-nadu-journalist-isravel-moses...
Though he was an activist, I am not sure he was an activist against global warming.
His death is regrettable and India has had an alarming rate of murders of journalists and activists along with a rise in nationalism. And most people never really hear about it, which is even worse.
Though this country has never been good to whistleblowers, journalists and activists. This has been happening for decades, not something very new honestly.
- mandmandam 5y agoThe list is of murdered environmental activists, not just global warming activists. And while yes, this has been happening for decades, it seems important to note that this is the second year in a row that the counted murders have reached new records. So I'm really not sure what your point is; it reads like a vague call to complacency.
- anshumankmr 5y agoWell, I don't really have the power to make societal level change, hell, I can't even change my father's mind when it comes to lapping up propaganda... Only thing I am working towards is leaving here as soon as possible.
- tomxor 5y agoI think the parent is implying a disingenuous broadening of the definition of "environmental activist", including people who are not expected to be part of that definition, and artificially magnifying the "number of environmental activists killed" for sensationalism.
- Robin_Message 5y ago> > illegal encroachment of poramboke lands That sounds like an environmental issue; we are facing a biodiversity crisis as well as a climate crisis.
- anshumankmr 5y agohttps://www.casemine.com/search/in/poramboke%2Bmeans https://www.casemine.com/search/in/poramboke%2Bmeans According to this it means, land that is reserved for government use. (Not sure myself, as I am not from TN)
- beowulfey 5y agoI would just like to point out that it is somewhat reductionist to think environmental activists only exist to combat global warming. I am seeing a lot of this false equivalency here in this thread and it is surprising to me that people think this.