India, Oct. 4 -- The Indian government has had at least two Facebook accounts withheld in India. Both accounts are critical of the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), according to a post on X. One account belongs to Ebo Mili, a lawyer and prominent anti-dam activist.

Mili is a legal advisor to the Siang Indigenous Farmers' Forum (SIFF). He has been one of the most visible critics of the SUMP. The project is a proposed hydropower dam of more than 11,000 MW on the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh.

Mili has been detained at least three times before. This happened in March 2022, August 2023 and May 2025. Each detention came after protests against the project. In May 2025, the Siang Deputy Commissioner accused him of leading a protest t...