The Cyber Cell of Delhi Police on Thursday registered an FIR against teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. She has been accused of “criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity” over her tweets on the farmer protests.
The charges that the young activist faces are those of conspiracy and “promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language… and acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.”
Thunberg’s tweets in support of farmers’ protests have drawn international attention over the past two days to the farmers’ agitation.
Soon after the news emerged, Greta Thunberg doubled down on her views with a new tweet, “I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest.”
The 18-year-old’s first tweet came on Tuesday night, soon after pop star Rihanna posted a one-line comment sharing a CNN story. The Ministry of External Affairs soon issued a statement slamming foreign individuals and entities for comments on the ongoing farmer protests and said it is “unfortunate to see vested interest groups trying to enforce their agenda on these protests, and derail them.”
