Ravi is being held under a sedition law long used by the government to squash dissent Delhi police say lawyer Nikita Jacob and activist Shantanu Muluk participated in a Zoom call to discuss the toolkit on January 26, when peaceful farmers’ protests scheduled to coincide with the country’s celebration of Republic Day erupted into violent clashes with police. Delhi police say she was a “key conspirator” in the toolkit’s “formulation & dissemination” and that she created (and later deleted) a WhatsApp group to collaborate with others on drafting the document.Īccording to local news reports, Ravi is not alone in being charged for her role in editing the toolkit. I edited two lines on February 3,” Ravi said.īut according to Delhi police, Ravi’s role in creating the document was much bigger than she’s admitting to. “I did not make toolkit,” Ravi, who was instead represented by a “stand-in” government lawyer, told the court.
She was then flown to appear before a New Delhi court on Sunday, where she has been ordered to remain in custody for five days.Īppearing in court on Sunday without her own lawyer, Ravi denied the charges. Ravi, an outspoken climate and animal rights activist and co-founder of India’s chapter of Fridays for the Future, a student climate movement founded by Thunberg, was arrested Saturday in her hometown, the southern city Bengaluru, on charges of sedition and conspiracy.
#DilKiPolice Delhi Police February 14, 2021 She worked closely with them to draft the Doc. She started WhatsApp Group & collaborated to make the Toolkit doc. “The main aim of the toolkit was to create misinformation and disaffection against the lawfully enacted government,” Delhi Police official Prem Nath told reporters at a press briefing about Ravi’s arrest on Monday.ĭisha Ravi, arrested by CyPAD Delhi Police, is an Editor of the Toolkit Google Doc & key conspirator in document's formulation & dissemination. The Delhi police allege the document is a call to “wage economic, social, cultural, and regional war against India” and accuse Ravi of using it to “ spread disaffection with the Indian state.” The latest action in response to the toolkit is part of that effort. Their cause gained even more international attention earlier this month, when international celebrities including pop star Rihanna and Thunberg tweeted about the protests.īut that online support also drew the attention of Modi’s right-wing nationalist government, which has sought to control the narrative around the protests and suppress dissent. Farmers who used to sell their produce at government-sanctioned markets called mandis are now able to sell wherever they please.īut the farmers are worried that the reforms will leave them at the mercy of large corporations that will buy their crops for low prices, leading to their financial ruin.
The laws, which some experts say are necessary to modernize India’s economy, remove longstanding restrictions on how and where produce is sold. Thousands of farmers have been blocking roads into New Delhi for months, demanding the repeal of three laws that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party passed in September as a part of a plan to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024. (They removed their previous document as it was outdated.) #StandWithFarmers #FarmersProtest - Greta Thunberg February 3, 2021 Here’s an updated toolkit by people on the ground in India if you want to help.
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