Press Conference On Right To Peaceful Public Protest In Democracy

Internationally acclaimed author, Arundhati Roy; Nadeem Khan, Cofounder United Against Hate; Leading feminist theorist Prof. Nivedita Menon and Yogendra Yadav, President of Swaraj India, during a press conference on the Supreme Court's recent opinion on public protests, in which it said public places can't be occupied indefinitely in context of Shaheen Bagh, on October 22, 2020 in New Delhi. The panel including eminent activists and people from civil society condemned the criminalization of right to peaceful public protest in a democracy. (Photo by Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via Getty Images)