It's pretty much heartening. It's not mentioned that he was under arrest for quite a while for his activism. Was chained to his hospital bed, if I correctly recall.
Sukla On 28 April 2014 17:36, Vivek Sundara. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Goldman Prize: Indian Ramesh Agrawal wins top environment award > Ramesh Agrawal's work has earned him powerful enemies, Goldman > Environmental Foundation says > > An Indian who helped villagers fight a large coal mine is among six > environmental activists from around the world who have won the Goldman > Prize. > > Ramesh Agrawal organised villagers in the central state of Chhattisgarh > and succeeded in shutting down one of the largest planned coal mines in the > area. > > The other winners of this year's award are from Peru, Russia, South > Africa, Indonesia and the US. > > The winners of the prestigious prize will each receive $175,000 (£103,925). > > "With a small internet cafe as his headquarters, Ramesh Agrawal organised > villagers to demand their right to information about industrial development > projects and succeeded in shutting down one of the largest proposed coal > mines in Chhattisgarh," the San Francisco-based Goldman Environmental > Foundation said in a press > release<http://goldmanprize.goldmanenvironme.netdna-cdn.com/2014/2014_PressKit_global_FINAL.pdf>on > Monday. > > Mr Agrawal's work earned him powerful enemies and after the coal mine > project was cancelled, gunmen broke into his shop and shot him in the leg, > shattering his bones. > > "Despite his limited mobility, Mr Agrawal is helping villagers to assert > their rights as landowners and apply for mineral rights to the coal buried > under their properties," the release adds. > > The foundation also recognised Peru's Ruth Buendia for "helping to prevent > two dams in the Peruvian Amazon", Russian zoologist Suren Gazaryan for > "defending protected areas from Olympic development in Sochi" and American > lawyer Helen Slottje for "helping to shut down fracking in New York State". > > South Africa's Desmond D'Sa has been chosen for "closing a toxic dump site > in Durban" and Indonesian biologist Rudi Putra has been awarded for > "shutting illegal palm oil plantations in Sumatra", the foundation said. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Free Binayak Sen" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/free-binayaksen. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
