Rihanna & Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Bring International Attention To Farmers' Protest In India
Earlier this week, Rihanna who is the fourth most followed celebrity on Twitter, urged international media to talk more about the farmers' protest in India.
Earlier
this
week,
Rihanna
who
is
the
fourth
most
followed
celebrity
on
Twitter,
urged
international
media
to
talk
more
about
the
farmers'
protest
in
India.
The
American
pop
star
extended
her
support
with
a
tweet
about
the
internet
blockade
in
Delhi
and
condemned
the
act
aimed
at
crippling
the
movement.
Rihanna
tweeted,
"Why
aren't
we
talking
about
this?!
#FarmersProtest,"
to
her
100
million
followers
on
the
microblogging
platform.
Two
hours
later,
Swedish
climate
activist
Greta
Thunberg
also
took
to
Twitter
and
extended
her
support
to
the
ongoing
farmers'
agitation
in
India.
On
Tuesday,
Greta
,
while
sharing
the
same
news
story
about
internet
shutdown
in
Delhi
as
Rihanna,
said,
"We
stand
in
solidarity
with
the
#FarmersProtest
in
India."
Soon
after
the
UK
Member
of
Parliament
Claudia
Webbe
and
the
US
House
Representative
Jim
Costa
also
expressed
solidarity
with
the
Indian
farmers,
as
well
as
Meena
Harris,
author
and
niece
of
the
US
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris.
Meena
wrote
on
Twitter,
"It's
no
coincidence
that
the
world's
oldest
democracy
was
attacked
not
even
a
month
ago,
and
as
we
speak,
the
most
populous
democracy
is
under
assault.
This
is
related.
We
ALL
should
be
outraged
by
India's
internet
shutdowns
and
paramilitary
violence
against
farmer
protesters."
Harris
wrote
further,
"Militant
nationalism
is
just
as
potent
a
force
in
US
politics
as
it
is
in
India
or
anyplace
else.
It
can
only
be
stopped
if
people
wake
up
to
the
reality
that
FASCIST
DICTATORS
aren't
going
anywhere."
Soon
after,
more
celebrities
joined
in
and
extended
their
support
to
the
farmers'
protest.
Take
a
look
at
the
tweets,
Salute
to
Rihanna
for
shedding
light
on
the
#FarmersProtest
in
#India
-
she
is
bringing
needed
attention
to
a
movement
silenced
by
Twitter
and
violently
suppressed
by
the
Modi
government
pic.twitter.com/x5GLJSjqPw
'The
big
picture
here
is
that
India
must
begin
to
value
the
lives
and
well-being
of
its
own
citizens
over
the
potential
economic
gains
for
its
nation.'Standing
in
solidarity
with
the
#FarmersProtest
@LicypriyaK
https://t.co/72B0SfCxCA
According
to
reports,
farmers
from
Punjab,
Haryana
and
western
Uttar
Pradesh
have
been
camping
on
Delhi's
borders
for
over
two
months.
The
group
stood
in
protest
against
the
new
farm
laws
and
has
demanded
repeal
by
the
central
government.
In
the
recent
turn
of
events,
internet
services
on
the
Delhi
border
were
suspended
on
Saturday.
Earlier
this
week,
it
was
reported
that
the
shutdown
has
been
extended
twice
and
will
be
in
force
till
at
least
5
pm
Wednesday.