After Disha Ravi's arrest, Greta Thunberg tweets on 'human rights'

February 20, 2021 09:29

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended support to 22-year-old Disha Ravi in India, who is in jail for alleged sedition and other charges for editing a "toolkit" that the police claim was used to conspire against the country over the protest by farmers against new agriculture laws.

Fridays for Future, a group founded Ms Thunberg in August 2018 when she was 15, also tweeted it would "raise our voices peacefully and respectfully for those at stake, to ensure justice for everyone."

"Freedom of speech and the right to peaceful protest and assembly are non-negotiable human rights. These must be a fundamental part of any democracy. #StandWithDishaRavi" Thunberg tweeted, liking to a thread posted by FFF Ravi's arrest.

The Delhi Police said two others, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk, along with Ravi edited the "toolkit" to plan how the farmer protests should be carried out. Such an act amounts to sedition, the police said, amid widespread criticism that such planning is common for any social media campaign.

The Google Docs file was tweeted by Thunberg earlier this month to back the farmer protests, and then deleted. A tractor rally by farmers in Delhi on January 26 had turned violent.

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