Manpreet

Joined twitter only to support farmers protest.

[Manpreet @Manniepreet]

Whatever your opinion on India's farm laws, you can have a healthy discussion. But then when a government of a democratic country takes steps that are unjust, it doesn't go well.
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Farmers fear that the new rules will also make it easier for corporations to exploit agricultural workers and help big companies drive down prices.
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Protestors like Nodeep Kaur are reported to have been tortured and sexually assaulted in jail by Dehli police.
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In India... Cash bribes to voters are also widely thought to influence the voting choices of the poorest and most vulnerable voters.
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One of the Anti Agri laws prevents India's farmers from being able to take companies to court if they violate contracts to buy farmers' products in any way.
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The argument [that citizens of other countries should stay out of India's affairs] doesn't hold water because people in India talk about foreign affairs.
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Why weren't provisions built into the laws that would have left farmers feeling protected, thereby paving a middle path that could satisfy all sides?
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Implementing drastic policy changes without regard for democratic process is, however, the new norm in Mr. Modi's government.
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Dehli police beat protesters while they slept on the streets, and right-wing nationalists have used violence to disrupt farmers protest sites.
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This 22yr old Gursikh & his one man fight against the entire lot of BJP goons who came to attack our women at a camp in the peaceful protest in dehli, India.
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Human rights are universal ... The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental human right.
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Three-quarters of rural Indian women work in agriculture, a sector that has been left behind in the three-decade boom ushered in by the country’s economic liberalization.
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This farmers protest is about human rights violations as well.
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Journalists like Mandeep Punia are being picked up and detained by Dehli police.
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The BJP's increasingly authoritarian bent is blatantly on display in how it has reacted to the largely peaceful farmer protests.
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Supporting the farmers protests from abroad are able to speak out without fear of direct punishment. But there is still opposition.
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India's Farmers won’t Go Back. We Will Keep Going Until Mr. Modi's gov't Repeals The Laws.
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India's farmers are protesting authoritarianism disguised as capitalism.
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This government Of India has already shown a willingness to unilaterally enact sweeping policy changes that expose its most vulnerable people to potential disaster.
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