The Republic reporter who tried to disrupt yesterday’s press conference also struck one of our female members with his elbow.
This is the gold standard of Republic’s journalism: goons masquerading as journalists.
Protest that no one can see or hear isn’t a protest.
Under Art. 21 ICCPR, the UN Human Rights Committee (General Comment 37, paras 22 & 55) says peaceful assemblies should be held “within sight and sound of their target audience” and must not be “relegated to remote areas”.
The last time I remember Indians being jailed for waving the Tiranga at a public place was under colonial rule, when foreign rulers saw us as inferior and treated us as such.
Today, Modi denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site.
Tomorrow, he will denotify democracy itself.
The dictator’s problem was never the protest site. It was the very idea of people protesting.
Youth are being assaulted, journalists are being assaulted even MPs are being assaulted by Delhi Police.
What makes Gyanesh Kumar so indispensable to Modi that he is willing to wage war against everyone just to protect him?
After Modi-Shah turned Delhi into a fortress and unleashed what can only be described as a war against their own citizens, one thing has become abundantly clear: Gyanesh Kumar is at the very heart of this government’s survival.
The unprecedented use of force, intimidation and threats against citizens simply exercising their democratic rights has exposed the government completely.
But we the young generation will continue to demand accountability. We shall neither be intimidated nor silenced.
We are not backing down. We are returning with full strength!
#GyanuItsDoneBro
@Cockroachisback
#India: We are concerned by reports of mass detentions of demonstrators, protest leaders, members of civil society organisations, lawyers and journalists, before and during today’s large-scale demonstrations in Delhi.
We call on the authorities to ensure that the right to peaceful assembly is fully respected and fulfilled.
https://t.co/tqrQyZoXBJ
A Senior Advocate designated by the Supreme Court and a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Shadaan Farasat. Shadaan is from my Law School. Many other friends like Nandita Rao and Swati Malik were also detained. So what if lawyers, the defenders of the constitution, have been manhandled, next protest you can always seek some relief! ☺️