this is a startling site
in a democracy a deadly wall on the road
to the national capital
to keep out protesters in india
the right to dissent is guaranteed by
law
farmers have for months been opposing
new agricultural bills
during these largely peaceful protests
there have been internet shutdowns
and activists and journalists have been
jailed
reporter was arrested while covering the
protests
out on bail now he's accused of
assaulting policemen
those of us showing what's really
happening on the ground are being
targeted by people in power to
intimidate us
he says over the past few years
india's seen repeated crackdowns on
people critical of the government
and its policies with these farmers
protests though for the first time since
narendra modi became prime minister in
2014
india's actions have grabbed widespread
international attention foreign
celebrities
and governments have urged this country
to uphold
democratic rights and freedoms climate
activist greta turnberg was one of them
she also shared a file which listed ways
of supporting farmers
a criminal investigation was started
over the document
and now indian police have arrested this
22 year old woman desha ravi
for editing the file she's charged with
sedition
which carries a life sentence
many of those who've campaigned with
disha took to the streets
today what we are seeing is the central
government decides to attack young
people
innocent people and frame them in all
sorts of ridiculous charges and also go
across the world and frame gretanburg
and everyone else who works with her as
having a grand conspiracy to destroy
india come on
accountable and hypocritical is one of
india's most
prominent journalists this government
doesn't take kindly to criticism it does
not take kindly uh to dissent
and that has been a pattern now over the
last few years
we are the world's largest democracy but
at the same time what we are seeing
increasingly over the last few years is
a is a back sliding
of that democracy
prime minister narendra modi doesn't
hold press conferences
his party didn't want to speak to the
bbc foreign destructive ideology
in parliament there was a strong
pushback against foreign commentary
on what the government says are internal
matters for india
but civil liberties are universal says
supreme court lawyer
karna nandi when there are young black
people that
are shot in the united states
by police officers this is a universal
human rights issue
when the junta takes over in myanmar
when there are free speech crackdowns
in my country that is an international
human
rights issue many in india continue to
challenge the government
but increasingly they are doing so in a
climate of fear
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