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Re:Will India Ban Twitter? by dagmx on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:26PM (#26038733)
To be clear the police did attack the farmers long before republic day. It's a pressure cooker situation right now
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Re:Will India Ban Twitter? by nonamechicken on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:51PM (#26039104)
Did they actually attack? I haven't come across any news about that.
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Re:Will India Ban Twitter? by dagmx on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:04PM (#26039270)
Yes they've been constantly attacked since the early days of the protest, from last year. There's a lot of footage online of it from November/December.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55156219

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Re:Will India Ban Twitter? by nonamechicken on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:30PM (#26039584)
I am from Kerala, which is currently ruled by the communists. I see protesters getting lathi charged and water cannoned pretty much every month (pre covid). So, honestly I can't say the farmers were treated badly based on the image in the BBC article. I am not saying violence is good, but police were lathi charging people during the corona lockdowns also.
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