{"id":12348,"date":"2025-11-15T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goseeko.com\/blog\/?p=12348"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:53:24","slug":"i-was-detained-for-demanding-my-right-to-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goseeko.com\/blog\/i-was-detained-for-demanding-my-right-to-breathe\/","title":{"rendered":"“I Was Detained for Demanding My Right to Breathe\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The police seemed less concerned about the public health emergency and more about clearing the streets of people calling attention to it.<\/strong>“<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was detained when I went to protest for my right to breathe clean air.\u201d That single sentence captures both the absurdity and the tragedy of Delhi\u2019s pollution crisis. 22 year old Yogesh, who is a law student, the fight for clean air is not ideological or political. It is a fight for survival. On Sunday, the 2nd of November, a hew hundred like him, turned up at India Gate in New Delih, some with placards, some with slogans and many with a urge to make their voices heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The air in the capital has grown so toxic that people can feel it scraping their lungs, burning their eyes, and slowing their breath. When the very act of breathing becomes a daily struggle, protest is not a choice; it becomes a necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protesters who gathered at India Gate<\/a> came with one simple message: life requires clean air<\/em>. Yet, instead of being heard, many were detained, shoved into buses, and driven to far-off corners of the city. Students, young women, even teenagers – all were treated as if demanding breathable air was a threat to the state. The police said that India Gate was not a designated protest site and made announcements that they would take action if the protests continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When we reached there, before me, around 2 busloads of protester were already detained. After that, the protest started again there. We had put forward this demand that we are not doing https:\/\/sachwertinvest.de\/<\/a> anything wrong. First of all, if there is a right to life, then if there is no clean air in it, how will we live? And raising such a basic demand is not wrong,” said the 22 year old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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