United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday commented on the farmers’ protest against the new agricultural laws, suggesting that the agitations highlight the importance of ensuring that legislations are based on meaningful consultations with stakeholders, the Hindustan Times reported.
“In India, continued protests by hundreds of thousands of farmers highlight the importance of ensuring laws and policies are based on meaningful consultations with those concerned,” in her address at the 46th Session of UN Human Rights Council.
Bachelet also spoke critically against charges of sedition against journalists and activists for reporting or commenting on the protests, terming them as “attempts to curb freedom of expression on social media”. She said such actions were “disturbing departures from essential human rights principles”, according to the Hindustan Times.
The U body chief said that they were monitoring the situation in Jammu and Kashmir,…