The NCHRO condemns the arresting of Mandeep Punia and demands immediate release of locked up journalists 03.02.2021 - New Delhi, India. - Pressenza India Indian farmers' protest , Singhu Border , Delhi , India. An ongoing protest against the three farm acts which were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. These acts have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions. Photo by Harvinder Chandigarh. Source: Wikimedia Commons On January 30, 2021, the police at the Singhu border, where the protesting farmers are gathered, arrested a journalist who was merely doing his job at the site. The journalist, Mandeep Punia had been closely covering the farmers’ protests since last year and has been among the few voices presenting the truth amidst the pack of lies circulated by the mainstream media.