on jan 29 - freelance journalist @mandeeppunia1 discovers that police helped bjp mobs attack peaceful protesters at singhu border. these mobs pelted stones and petrol bombs into the protest site while attempting to target the tents of female farmers. instagram.com/tv/CLE9HzJBYpb/
after discovering the police’s complicity in supporting mob violence @mandeeppunia1 records a video of his investigation and posts it on facebook. police get word of his reporting and target him.
police locate mandeep at singhu border. they beat &drag him off site, while a bystander records and posts it footage online. police drag him into a tent & continue beating him. they say “you think you’re a big reporter now huh? you’ll be reporting from inside tihar jail now!”
they drive @mandeeppunia1 to an old building where they continue to torture him. by now, the footage of his abduction has gone viral. the police panic.
they take @mandeeppunia1 to tihar jail. they deny him his basic legal rights. they won’t let him speak to his family, editors, or lawyer. inside tihar, police continue to torture him mentally and physically.

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14 Feb
disha ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist, has been arrested by delhi police for sharing a toolkit @GretaThunberg posted in support of the #farmersprotest.

disha’s arrest is alarming and the world needs to pay attention. #freedisharavi

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disha ravi co-founded @FFFIndia campaign. she & her peers across the world are the courageous & brilliant young activists who’ve led the global movement for climate justice in recent years.
on feb 4 delhi police had filed an FIR against the creators of the toolkit @GretaThunberg shared (btw the creators are a canadian nonprofit). many speculated that india did this to scare and target local activists who were supporting the #farmersprotest

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11 Feb
happy birthday nodeep kaur ♥️ it breaks my heart that you were illegally detained on january 12 and have since been held without any due process. you’re spending your birthday inside a jail cell.
your crime? that you had the bravery to fight against exploitation in a country that criminalizes dissent. you fought for the rights of labourers. it breaks my heart to think of the torture and sexual abuse you are enduring in police custody.
i first posted this video on nov 29 2020. back then many of these faces were new to me. i was drawn to the song they were singing. perhaps my favourite from the #farmersprotest
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10 Feb
tomorrow is nodeep’s birthday. let’s shake the world for her ♥️ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽#ReleaseNodeepKaur
the three FIRs filed against nodeep are baseless. she’s been targeted for successfully mobilizing workers and labourers in fighting against exploitation and supporting the #farmersprotest
while nodeep is tortured and sexually assaulted in police custody she tells her sister @Rajveer88724 : “please find lawyers to help support the other girls in jail with me”
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5 Feb
many have asked what more they can do for the #farmersprotest. we’ve been told by human rights orgs that raising awareness on social media is most effective in this situation. it is pertinent that we keep bringing international attention to this!!!!!
posting on socials may feel small but it IS action. doesn’t matter if you have 10 followers or 10,000- EVERY voice makes a difference. don't diminish the power of awareness. speak loudly and proudly my friends. ✊🏽 we’re on the right side of history.
let’s also keep focused: modi’s 3 farm bills will corporatize agriculture and millions will lose their livelihoods. months ago punjabis marched to delhi in what has now become the largest protest in the world. across india ppl organized the biggest strike in human history.
Read 11 tweets
2 Feb
farmers and farm workers started the most powerful revolution to ever challenge modi’s fascist government. our people started protesting in punjab as early as july 2020. they marched to delhi november 27 and have been sleeping on the streets since. #farmersprotest
punjab. haryana. up. rajasthan. and beyond. the people are united across religion and geography. over a million on the protest grounds ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 brave journalists & photographers showing india's human rights abuses to the world. .
our people singing songs of freedom. our people feeding the masses. our people dying. activists abducted. journalists kidnapped. they try to divide us and defame our heroes. our sister #NodeepKaur is being tortured and sexually assaulted by indian police.
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