Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist from Bangalore has been arrested for editing a toolkit in support of the farmers' agitation in India against the farm laws passed by the government without any discussion in the parliament which will make the farmers squatters in their own land. These laws also will make the farmers contract farmers for the big agri-corporations of the world. Disha Ravi has been charged with sedition, a colonial law, which was slapped on Mahatma Gandhi and several other freedom fighters. The Delhi police who arrested Disha says that by her action she brought 'disaffection' to the country. It is interesting to note that Disha Ravi was arrested for a toolkit (Google Doc) tweeted by Greta Thunberg. If the government of India had the jurisdiction to arrest Greta it would have arrested Greta! Instead, it arrested her compatriot Disha Ravi.
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