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Opinion: A toolkit for democracy to resist state vigilantism


A demonstration in Bangalore to demand freedom for jailed environmental activist Disha Ravi.
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Let me tell you what the Delhi Police knows. And I do not mean the abstract entity called Delhi Police. I mean every single IPS officer and every constable involved in carrying out the “toolkit investigation”.
They know that 22-year-old environmental activist Disha Ravi is not the prime mover along with the relatively recently formed Canada-based Poetic Justice Foundation
(set up in March, 2020) , in a plot to overthrow the Indian government. They know this because the IPS officers at least, can read English and a simple search would show them that the term “toolkit” in this context is basically used by organisers of street protests against autocracies the world over, for peacefully expressing mass dissent. ....

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Disha Ravi's Arrest Is Yet Another Example of Police's Disregard for Checks and Balances


Disha Ravi s Arrest Is Yet Another Example of Police s Disregard for Checks and Balances
The existence of statutory and constitutional safeguards has not prevented unfettered executive power from cracking down on activists and rights defenders.
Students and members of the NSUI display placards during a protest to condemn the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi in Bengaluru, February 16, 2021. Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
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The Haryana home minister, 67-year-old Anil Vij, took to Twitter against the 21-year-old environmental activist Disha Ravi, saying ‘anti-nationals like her should be destroyed from the roots’. Ravi was arrested by the Delhi Police from Bengaluru and later sent to five-day police custody for allegedly editing a ‘toolkit’ shared by Greta Thunberg. The charges include sedition, criminal conspiracy, spreading disaffection against the Indian state, and promoting enmity. ....

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