New Delhi: Soon after Delhi Police filed an FIR in opposition to Teenage local weather activist Greta Thunberg over her tweet on farmers’ protest.
She Tweeted that she nonetheless stands with the farmers and help their peaceable protest.
She additional mentioned that”No quantity of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that.”
I nonetheless #StandWithFarmers and help their peaceable protest.No quantity of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 4, 2021
Greta Thunberg has prolonged her help to the farmers protesting on the borders of New Delhi in opposition to the three farm legal guidelines saying that she stands in solidarity with the farmers.
“We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India,” Thunberg wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. The teen activist’s submit on the micro-blogging web site got here after Rihanna shared a information article highlighting the Centre’s crackdown on the farmers by chopping off web companies in lots of areas.
“Why aren’t we talking about this?!”, wrote Rihanna, as she added the hashtag #FarmersProtest together with the submit on the micro-blogging web site.
Delhi Police registered an FIR in opposition to her with Section 153A (selling enmity between totally different teams on grounds of faith, race) and Section 120B (felony conspiracy).
Farmers have been protesting on the totally different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 final 12 months in opposition to the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
India on Wednesday emphasised that the protests have to be seen within the context of its democratic ethos and polity and earlier than speeding to remark, one should confirm info and perceive the problems at hand.
“Before rushing to comment on such matters, we would urge that the facts be ascertained, and a proper understanding of the issues at hand be undertaken. The temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned in an announcement. “We would like to emphasise that these protests must be seen in the context of India’s democratic ethos and polity, and the efforts of the Government and the concerned farmer groups to resolve the impasse,” MEA added.
This assertion comes after unwarranted and uninformed feedback have been made by a number of international people and entities amid the farmers’ protest in India.