Watch | 'My Freedom Is Bound To The State': Disha Ravi On Not Attending COP26

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Uploaded: 2021-11-16T20:00:36+05:30
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Description: Speaking to The Wire's Sumedha Pal, she says that while a Delhi court has granted her bail on the presumption of her innoncence, she is still treated as a guilty person.

Speaking to The Wire's Sumedha Pal, she says that while a Delhi court has granted her bail on the presumption of her innoncence, she is still treated as a guilty person.

Sumedha Pal

Speaking to The Wire's Sumedha Pal, she says that while a Delhi court has granted her bail on the presumption of her innoncence, she is still treated as a guilty person.

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File photo of environmental activist Disha Ravi. Photo: Social media

Climate activist Disha Ravi has said that her passport application was deliberately not processed to keep her from attending the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The activist was arrested earlier this year in the infamous 'toolkit case'. She says though she got bail, the "FIR number keeps staying" with her.

Speaking to The Wire's Sumedha Pal, she says that while a Delhi court has granted her bail on the presumption of her innoncence, she is still treated as a guilty person. Ravi says her situation is representative of how the differences between the criminal justice system on paper and in practice.

"My freedom is bound to the state," she says. Watch the video for more details.

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