Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg yesterday was in the news after she tweeted about the farmer protests in India.?
Along with her support to the farmers in protest, Greta Thunberg had also shared a toolkit (in a tweet) to help people wanting to join the protest either from the confines of their home, regardless of the nation they¡¯re in.
But soon after the toolkit was deleted. However, now, Greta Thunberg has reshared the toolkit with an updated link to allow everyone around the world to join in the protests and support the farmers. Here¡¯s all that¡¯s included in the toolkit:
Greta Thunberg suggests people express their solidarity through a photo or a video on social media platforms with a hashtag #FarmersProtest or #StandWithFarmers. Additionally, she has also asked individuals to up the ante by sharing a video asking the government questions surrounding the three laws that farmers are protesting against.
She also suggests tweeting to handles like @PMOIndia, @nstomar (Minister of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare), heads of state of the protester as well as international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organisation, UN¡¯s Food and Agricultural Organisation as well as the World Bank.
Greta Thunberg has listed links from publications belonging to different institutions such as ruralIndiaonline.org, Trolley times as well as agroecology.eaction.online to learn more about the movement and its significance.?
Greta Thunberg has also asked people who are in India to watch out and join Farmer¡¯s March/Parade into Delhi and back to Delhi¡¯s borders. For Indians who aren¡¯t in India, she recommended protesting near Indian Embassies, government offices, media houses etc.?
Greta has mentioned how it¡¯s crucial to put pressure internationally on the Indian government and to aid this, she has added templates, contact information of local representatives to ask them to do their civic duty.
She¡¯s also listed a series of petitions from a variety of organisations to condemn violence in India and demanding the Indian government to listen to the protestors instead of silencing them. The petitions listed are addressed to the United Nations, a Change.org petition to abolish the 3 farm laws, as well as a guideline to seek support from MPs.
After Greta¡¯s tweets, Delhi police has filed an FIR (First Incident Report) against her. They¡¯ve charged her under Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race) and Section 120B (criminal conspiracy).?
It is still unclear as to the jurisdiction Delhi Police has against arresting the 18-year old. But she quickly retorted to the news in a tweet, stating, "I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest."