Police Detain Thousands, Block Rally

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New York Times

Indian Police Round Up Protest Leaders and Lock Down Delhi

Thousands of young people tried to gather to protest a sweeping revision of their country’s voter roll. Security forces hauled many of them away.

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Reposted by Kanishka Jayasuriya

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Reposted by Amitav Acharya

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by Matthew Waites

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Matthew Waites (he or they)

@matthewwaites.bsky.social

Solidarity with the Cockroach movement in India www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Police clamp down on Delhi protest and detain ‘Cockroach’ movement leader

Thousands blocked from anti-government demonstration against attempts to ‘purify’ India’s electoral roll

www.theguardian.com

October 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM

Reposted by Jayati Ghosh

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Reposted by Jayati Ghosh

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Reposted by Mohan J. Dutta

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by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Indian Police Round Up Protest Leaders and Lock Down Delhi www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...

Indian Police Round Up Protest Leaders and Lock Down Delhi

Thousands of young people tried to gather to protest a sweeping revision of their country’s voter roll. Security forces hauled many of them away.

www.nytimes.com

October 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM

Reposted by Margot C. Finn

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Peter Jeffe

@pjeffe.bsky.social

Nothing to see here folks, just the world's largest democracy arresting over 1000 opponents of the ruling BJP.

India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained; New Delhi in lockdown

Indian police crackdown appears to have prevented mass protests against the country's election chief from taking place.

www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org

October 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM

by Yanis Varoufakis

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🎓 Yanis Varoufakis	12%	18	15.3%

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Yanis Varoufakis

@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social

Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous. By
Arundhati Roy www.equator.org/articles/coc...

Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous • EQUATOR

The student protesters who have swarmed Delhi are showing us a different future for India

www.equator.org

October 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM

Reposted by Mohan J. Dutta

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by Nandita Sharma

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Nandita Sharma

@nsharma101.bsky.social

Modi the fascist is scared shitless of people in India, even as he constantly evokes “The People of India” as his rationale for ruling over them.

Beware nationalism. It is a lie about who “we” are and are not, one that leads directly and inevitably to fascism.

Govt orders internet shutdown within 4-kilometer radius of Janpath–Kartavya Path ahead of anti-CEC protest

The government on Friday allowed the temporary suspension of internet services within a 4-kilometer radius around the Janpath–Kartavya Path crossing. The decision is part of the Delhi Police's prevent...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

October 10, 2026 at 7:34 AM

by Césari Laurent

19%

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Laurent Cesari

@laurentcesari.bsky.social

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Mobilisation lycéenne : ce que nous dit le recours massif à la garde à vue

ÉDITORIAL. Le nombre inédit d’arrestations de manifestants, très majoritairement des mineurs, montre à quel point la réponse judiciaire est utilisée comme un moyen de contenir la protestation lycéenne...

www.lemonde.fr

October 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

8%

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Al Jazeera English

@aljazeera.com

‘How can you stop these kids?’ Indian capital on lockdown before protests https://aje.news/64e3dk

October 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

India's opposition protests pile pressure on Modi government asia.nikkei.com/politics/ind...

India's opposition protests pile pressure on Modi government

Analyst says government's credibility at 'lowest level' since 2014

asia.nikkei.com

October 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM

Reposted by Iikka Korhonen

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AFP News Agency

@en.afp.com

🇮🇳 Indian police have detained the head of the satirical "cockroach" online movement, the group said, ahead of a major protest against the Election Commission that triggered strict security measures.
➡️ u.afp.com/SC5j

A supporter of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) looks out from a police van after being detained during a protest in New Delhi, on October 10, 2026.

October 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM

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