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Fear is the key: Climate activist Disha Ravi being escorted to a local court in Delhi (Photo: AFP)
On February 14, when Delhi Police arrested 21-year-old Bengaluru-based climate activist Disha Ravi and slapped charges of sedition on her, two distinct narratives emerged in the media. One group of people branded Ravi, who has been accused of making edits on a controversial online toolkit to allegedly defame India, an enemy of the state. The other called the Delhi Police action another instance of the blatant abuse of the sedition law by people in power to curb dissenting voices. And it s not just Ravi. In January this year, three sedition cases were filed against Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists, including India Today Group s Rajdeep Sardesai, for tweeting unverified news about the farmers tractor rally in Delhi on January 26. Last year, Section 124A of the IPC (Indian Penal Code), which deals with sedition, was invoked
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Climate activist Disha Ravi walks outside a court in New Delhi.
The Delhi Police on Saturday informed a city court that Disha Ravi, who is under judicial custody in the toolkit case over farmers protest, was part of Indian chapter of global conspiracy to defame India, create unrest in the garb of farmers protest, PTI reported.
During the hearing on Ravi s bail plea today, the Delhi Police also informed court that the toolkit conspiracy was a sinister design to defame India and trigger violence, for which Poetic Justice Foundation and banned organisation Sikhs For Justice used climate activist Disha Ravi.