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GuardianOct 16Preview

India’s Cockroach Janta party leader detained amid crackdown on protests

Abhijeet Dipke was arrested before planned anti-government demonstrations in DelhiThe leader of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) youth movement, Abhijeet Dipke, was detained by police on Friday as authorities cracked down on fresh anti-government protests in the Indian capital.Dipke was detained before a planned Friday evening demonstration he had called in central Delhi, urging supporters of the movement to come out and hold up the Indian flag. Continue reading...

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Al JazeeraOct 16Preview

Indian protest leaders detained ahead of flag march in New Delhi

India's Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and student leader Neha Bora were detained ahead of a flag march.

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NPROct 16Preview

Crowds throng New Delhi and wave Indian flags amid escalating protests

Protests have intensified over a review of voter lists that critics say is politically motivated and threatens to disenfranchise voters. The Election Commission and Modi's administration deny these allegations.(Image credit: Vipin)

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GuardianOct 16Preview

Student protests, rowers and a velodrome crash: photos of the day – Friday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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BBCOct 16Preview

India's 'cockroach' party founder detained ahead of protest

The youth-led movement had called for a Delhi protest after mass detentions last week and the jailing of two leaders.

BBCOct 16Preview

'Massive challenge' to protect Donaldson from harm in jail

The former DUP leader was sentenced to 15 years for sex abuse against two women when they were children.

GuardianOct 16Preview

Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case not ‘prioritised’ due to high workload, inquest hears

Eight-year-old Queensland girl died in 2022 after being denied insulin by her religious parentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastElizabeth Struhs’ child protection case was not “prioritised” or worked intensively because the staff member assigned to her case was “very busy”, a coroner has heard.The Queensland coroner’s court also heard the case worker may have been “overly influenced” by the presentation of Struhs’ “upper class home”, putting cases believed to involve a more immediate risk ahead of Elizabeth’s. Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 16Preview

Saudi Arabia to execute man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15

Use of death penalty against people for crimes committed when they were children a ‘new low’, say rights groupsA young man faces imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for attending protests and funerals when he was aged 15 to 17, say human rights groups, in the latest example of the kingdom’s surging use of the death penalty for non-violent crimes.Youssef al-Manasif was arrested in 2017 and accused of crimes including joining demonstrations for religious freedom by the Shia minority and attending funerals that the Saudi authorities deem to be protests. He was convicted and sentenced to death by the specialised criminal court, a secretive tribunal set up for terrorism-related cases. Continue reading...

Tom LevittSaudi ArabiaGlobal development

GuardianOct 16Preview

French police accused over war-like injuries to teenagers in school protests

Four children allegedly ‘mutilated’ by explosive weapons and lawyers say unprecedented number held in custodyFrench lawyers and rights groups have said that several teenagers have suffered war-like injuries from police weapons used during school protests, and an unprecedented number of children have been held in police custody, some of whom reported being hit or racially insulted.France is in the fourth week of its biggest youth protest movement in decades, during which hundreds of high schools across the country have been blockaded as students demand the replacement of absent teachers and repairs to decrepit buildings. Continue reading...

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BBCOct 15Preview

Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France's presidential election?

France's prime minister has suggested that student anger is being weaponised, as the unions and other protesters prepare to take to the streets too.

NYTOct 15Preview

Violent Protests in Albania

Opposition to a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner has collided with rising discontent over corruption and the cost of living.

Fatjona Mejdini, Paul Mozur and Lynsey ChutelAlbaniaDemonstrations, Protests and Riots