indiaUpdated: Dec 05, 2020, 23:12 ISTAuthorities should allow people to exercise their right to demonstrate peacefully, UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ spokesman has said regarding the farmers’ protest in India. There was no immediate response from Indian officials to the UN spokesman’s comments or the British MP’s letter. The government is trying to end the protest through talks with the farmers’ leaders. Trudeau was the first world leader to comment on the farmers’ protest, telling a Facebook video interaction on Tuesday that the situation in India was “concerning”. He added, “Let me remind you, Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest.

Source: Hindustan Times December 05, 2020 17:22 UTC