December 10, 2020 |
As the protests against India’s new farming laws intensify across India, the Government of India has an obligation to protect and uphold protestors human rights, not to demonise them.
Weeks of protests by farmers from Punjab and Haryana intensified against three controversial farming laws which abolish Minimum Support Pricing (MSP) for farmers, led to a call for protestors to make their way to the national capital Delhi. On the 8th of December the protests had spread with farmers across India leading a country wide strike and shut down (band). Many of these poor and marginalised farmers, battled against the onset of winter amidst a world-wide pandemic travelling the 500km by foot, on tractors, scooters and other vehicles.
December 10, 2020 |
Melbourne: Farmers peaceful protest on the borders of Delhi has been catching attention and solidarity of the global community. Foreign officials and people’s movements are expressing their solidarity and support for farmers who are calling for roll back of Indian government’s new farm laws.
A view of Farmers’ protest at a border of Delhi
Australia’s StopAdani movement has issued a statement expressing solidarity and support for the Indian farmers.
Full Statement of StopAdani movemnet reads as follows:-
As a people-powered movement that has prevented the Adani company from digging its climate-wrecking coal mine for ten years, the Stop Adani movement stands in solidarity with Indian farmers leading mass peaceful protests against Modi and Adani’s farm laws.