Writers, activists and academics condemn Delhi police’s “sinister” arrest of young climate activist

Monday, 15 February 2021Newsdesk

A group of 80 writers, activists and academics on Sunday condemned Delhi police’s “sinister” arrest of young climate activist Disha Ravi from Bangalore as an “extra-judicial abduction” and demanded her immediate release.

New Delhi, 15 February 2021

“The government’s heavy-handedness is clearly focused on terrorising and traumatising these brave young people for speaking truth to power, and amounts to teaching them a lesson,” the statement said. As per news report of The Telegraph, the signatories include environmentalist Ashish Kothari, Carnatic vocalist and rights activist T.M. Krishna, writer Nityanand Jayaraman, Leo Saldanha of the Bangalore-based Environmental Support Group, and Kavita Krishnan of the All India Progressive Women’s Association.

Source - telegraphindia.com