Climate activist Disha Ravi arrested in Bengaluru in Greta Thunberg ‘toolkit’ case
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Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, was arrested by a team of Delhi police on Saturday in connection with a case filed against the ‘toolkit’ on farmers’ protests that was shared by international teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, TNIE reported. The police have accused Disha of “sharing” and "spreading" the ‘toolkit’ related to the farmer protests in Delhi. One source said that the Delhi police have also accused Disha of contributing written material for the toolkit. She was taken to New Delhi on a 6 pm flight on Saturday.

Another attack from the Fascists.

There has been a lot of debate around the toolkit tweeted by Greta. Many have argued that toolkits, which comprise basic information of any issue, tweet suggestions and information on what hashtags to use and who to tag on social media, are a regular inventory while organising protests online.

Bengaluru activist arrested for editing and sharing Greta Thunberg’s farmer protests toolkit

The police slapped the charges of “sedition”, “criminal conspiracy” and “promoting hatred” on the creators of the toolkit, a Google document detailing what the movement is all about, suggesting hashtags for the public to mobilise on social media and giving pointers on how to make their voices heard.

The police, however, haven’t publicly offered any evidence to back up their allegations so far. “Though the original toolkit is widely available online with news sites that downloaded and saved it,” the Wire points out, disputing the Delhi police’s accusations, “no one has been able to identify anything that even remotely suggests a conspiracy to commit violence.”