Disha Ravi, an activist associated with Greta Thunberg, was charged after sharing a protest manual with farmers who were demonstrating against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
A Indian court on Tuesday granted bail to a climate activist who was charged with sedition after distributing a document intended to help protesting farmers organize. The case of the activist, Disha Ravi,21, is the latest test of the independence of India’s judiciary amid a turn toward nationalism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose agriculture policies are at the heart of a monthslong protest by the country’s farmers. Ms. Ravi was arrested at her home in the southern city of Bangalore on Feb.13. She was later accused of distributing an online instruction manual known as a “tool kit” in the form of a Google Doc with talking points and contact information for influential groups.
