"The Indian government has launched a crackdown on Greenpeace and other U.S.-linked environmental groups after intelligence officials accused climate activists of harming the country’s economic security.

Authorities over the weekend barred a Greenpeace staff member from traveling to London to speak to British lawmakers about alleged legal and human rights violations in India by Essar, a British-registered energy company.

The government last year blocked Greenpeace from accessing foreign funds, and Indian media reported this month that authorities had imposed similar restrictions on four U.S.-based environmental advocacy organizations. A representative of one of the groups has had his personal bank account frozen and been ordered to explain every deposit sent from the group’s U.S. office since 2010, according to an individual familiar with the matter."

Shashank Bengali reports for the Los Angeles Times January 13, 2015. [2]