New York, July 25 -- The United Nations on Friday (local time) stressed that people participating in "peaceful protests" during the ongoing student movement in Delhi's Jantar Mantar should be able to do so without fear of harassment, arrest or injury, while calling on security forces to ensure that those rights are protected.

During the UN's daily press briefing, the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric, in response to a question on ongoing student protests, said that the United Nations was aware of the developments and underscored the importance of protecting the right to peaceful assembly.

"We're obviously very much aware of the protests that we've seen in New Delhi," Dujarric said.

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