:dateline:Greenpeace International�s crisis response campaigner Aaron Gray-Block was denied entry into India on Saturday after his name figured in the Home Ministry�s �blacklist,� the Press Trust of India�reports.
Gray was reportedly put on a flight to Kuala Lumpur without further explanation.
�Our colleague has a valid business visa, and yet he was prevented from entering India with no reason given,� Divya Raghunandan, program director of Greenpeace India, told PTI. �We are forced to wonder if all international staff of Greenpeace will now be prevented from entering the country?�
In January, Greenpeace India activist Priya Pillai was offloaded from a flight bound for London where she was supposed to address British parliamentarians and discuss alleged human rights violations in India by a British fuel company.
The latest move is set to intensify the tussle between the Indian government and Greenpeace India, which has had some of its bank accounts frozen after a leaked Intelligence Bureau report claimed that Greenpeace India was a threat to national interests and economic development. The Delhi High Court has since allowed the group to operate two of its domestic bank accounts.
