Guwahati, Sept. 7 -- The detention of environmental activist Bhanu Tatak says there is "something wrong" going in the valley of first sunrise.

In a move widely condemned as a blatant attempt to muzzle environmental activism, Tatak, a prominent Arunachal Pradesh activist, was detained at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday and barred from flying to Ireland.

Immigration officials cited a lookout circular (LOC) issued by the state police, igniting outrage and fears that Northeast voices are being deliberately silenced to prevent them from reaching global forums.

Tatak, an Adi indigenous woman and legal advisor to the Siang Indigenous Farmers' Forum (SIFF), was scheduled to begin a three-month academic programme at Dublin...