India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained as police crackdown on protests
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It started as a response to a comment by an Indian Supreme Court judge and snowballed into a mass protest that toppled a government minister. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] Now India has launched a crackdown on the 'Cockroach' youth movement, arresting its leaders - after they called for a major demonstration against changes to India's electoral rolls. Tens of thousands of police officers are on the streets of Delhi. They've detained more than 2000 protesters and prominent opposition politicians, adding to fears about democratic backsliding in the world's largest democracy. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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