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Hear David Bradbury speaking about India’s repression of anti nuclear activisits

Detained film maker speaks from India 30 October, 2012  http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/10/30/3621872.htm By Samantha Turnbull and Joanne Shoebridge North coast film maker David Bradbury speaks about his run-in with police in India

Wilsons Creek film maker David Bradbury is no stranger to controversy. His documentaries have covered political corruption in Argentina, nuclear waste from arms manufacturers, neo-Nazis, and the military dictatorship of Chile’s General Pinochet.
His latest project on nuclear power has taken him to India where he was detained last week in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. “I decided I’d slip down to the southern most region because there’s been a long ongoing protest for the last 10 years since two Russian-built nuclear power plants have been built,” he said.

“The local people don’t want the nuclear power plant to be open at all. “The power plants are built right on the ocean edge… they fear the same could happen to them as happened in Fukushima.”….

November 1, 2012 - Posted by | Audiovisual

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