Important To Respect Peaceful Protests: UN Chief On Tractor Rally Violence

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said it is important to respect peaceful and non-violent protests in the wake of the violence that erupted during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi on Tuesday, PTI reported.

In response to a question on the clashes in India, Guterres’ spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said: “As we say in many of these cases, I think it’s important to respect peaceful protests, freedom of assembly and non-violence.”

Farmers have been protesting at the borders of Delhi for the past two months demanding that the government rolls back the new agricultural laws that they say will hurt their livelihoods and help big companies. The government, which says the agriculture reforms will boost farmer incomes, has agreed to suspend the laws, but the farmers have said New Delhi must repeal them.