Just as farmers have been accusing the Centre of harassing them in a bid to shutdown their protest, the whole movement against the Centre's controversial farm laws got a fresh impetus as it gained an overwhelming international attention.
On 2 February, when singer and actor Rihanna shared a report by CNN on the internet blockade imposed around Delhi on her Twitter asking her 100 million strong followers “Why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest” — barely hours within posting the tweet, a huge amount of global support came pouring in from international icons, journalists, activists, advocacy groups and legislators too.
Rihanna's tweet is perhaps not all that suprising since she has frequently spoke up about human rights issues such as Black Lives Matter and even the recent coup in Myanmar.