India at G7 summit signs “guarding freedom, protecting freedom…”

India at the G7 summit signs papers committing to “guarding freedom, independence, and diversity of civil society actors…”

Senior journalist, Rajdeep Sardesai shared, “India at G 7 summit signs ‘2022 Resilient Democracies Statement’ which commits to “guarding freedom, independence and diversity of civil society actors” and “protecting freedom of expression and opinion online and offline. Into that heaven of ‘freedom’ let my country awake!🙏

India at G 7 summit signs ‘2022 Resilient Democracies Statement’ which commits to “guarding freedom, independence and diversity of civil society actors” and “protecting freedom of expression and opinion online and offline’. Into that heaven of ‘freedom’ let my country awake!🙏

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 28, 2022

Ironically, India signs this at a time when AltNews Journalist Mohammed Zubair is arrested in India for sharing a clip of a movie from 1983 from a complaint by an anonymous Twitter handle with just one tweet with only three followers, arrested from a fake handle who did not even have the courage to reveal his or her identity.

In the first information report, Delhi Police said the case was based on a complaint on Twitter by a user with the handle @balajikijaiin who goes by the name of Hanuman Bhakt. The handle had taken objection to a tweet posted by Zubair in 2018, which showed an image of a hotel signboard repainted from “Honeymoon Hotel” to “Hanuman Hotel”.

Aarish Chhabra tweeted, “What Zubair tweeted 4 yrs ago — being used now to jail him — is actually a frame from the 1983 cult classic ‘Kisi Se Na Kehna’ by the great Hrishikesh Mukherjee. None of it is censored to this day and the movie is available in full on YouTube. So what’s the case? Well, you know.”

What Zubair tweeted 4 yrs ago — being used now to jail him — is actually a frame from the 1983 cult classic ‘Kisi Se Na Kehna’ by the great Hrishikesh Mukherjee. None of it is censored to this day and the movie is available in full on YouTube. So what’s the case? Well, you know. pic.twitter.com/ImHjg2NWRd

— Aarish Chhabra • ਆਰਿਸ਼ ਛਾਬੜਾ (@aarishc) June 27, 2022

The movie director rather should have been “arrested” for allowing the “joke” of Honey Moon Hotel be made from “Hanuman Hotel”

Furthermore, it is ridiculous to make an arrest of anyone from a fake handle on a contorted version of maligning trying to make out Zubair insulted Hindu gods. This is the murder of democracy, this too, when India is signing freedom of expression papers in the G7.

PM Narendra Modi in Germany Day 2  Monday marked the second and final day of prime minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Germany, as a special guest for the G7 summit, for which he arrived in the European nation on Sunday.

On day 2, the prime minister’s itinerary includedd a string of bilateral meetings, including one with his host, German chancellor Olaf Scholz. He also met the President of South Africa, President of Indonesia, European Union Commission President, and prime minister of Canada, respectively.

On Tuesday, PM Modi will be in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a day-long visit. Follow all the updates here: Jun 27, 2022, 09:12 PM IST MEA on Modi-German Chancellor meet: ‘Discussed climate action’ Continuing their discussions from last month, PM Modi & German Chancellor emphasized the need to take forward their Green & Sustainable Development Partnership. Discussions covered issues like climate action, provision of climate financing & technology transfer: MEA

PM Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau at the #G7Summit in Germany

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— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) June 27, 2022

US President @JoeBiden walks up to PM @narendramodi Ji to greet him at #G7Summit pic.twitter.com/MM4ctzOgxj

— BJP Scheduled Tribe Morcha (@BJPSTMORCHA) June 27, 2022

The plethora of meetings at the G7 should bring back the air of freedom and democracy instead of curbing voices and imprisoning journalists for tiny projected offenses. The Supreme Court is conveniently looking away at these times instead of standing up against unwarranted arrests.