Why Indian police arrested a 22-year-old climate activist

Disha Ravi charged with sedition for sharing an online document to support the ongoing farmers protest in India.

Indian police have arrested a 22-year-old activist linked to Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg and charged her with sedition, saying she created and shared an online document to support the ongoing months-long farmers protest. Disha Ravi, who was detained in the southern city of Bengaluru on Sunday and then moved to the capital New Delhi, is currently in police custody. Her arrest has ignited a firestorm of criticism from opposition politicians and other activists who said it was an escalation in the government’s efforts to silence dissenters.