Farmers have been protesting at several border points of Delhi for over 3 months
NEW DELHI: With UK s MPs set to debate next week the safety of farmer protesters, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday Indian missions in the UK have made available facts about the three farm laws to the government, legislators and civil society of that country.
British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition, which had crossed the 1,00,000-signature threshold required for such a debate, the House of Commons Petitions Committee had confirmed earlier this week.
Farmers shout slogans at the site during their ongoing protest against farm laws at Delhi-Ghazipur border (ANI)
NEW DELHI: The farmers strike escalated into a full-blown war on social media cutting across international borders on Wednesday.
US vice-president Kamala Harris s niece Meena Harris, climate activist Greta Thunberg, US House foreign affairs committee member Jim Costa, YouTuber Lilly Singh, poet Rupi Kaur, rapper Russ, former adult filmstar Mia Khalifa, UK MP Claudia Webbe and a host of others poured out in support of the ongoing agitation after Rihanna s one-line post on Tuesday. Why aren t we talking about this?!, the international popstar with a Twitter following of 101 million had written with the hashtag #FarmersProtest and a CNN report on the internet shutdown around Delhi.