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UN experts condemn India’s crackdown on youth-led protests, flag 7,000 detentions and alleged sexual abuse
In a strong rebuke of the Modi-led government’s handling of dissent, 24 UN human rights experts have called for an end to excessive force, blanket assembly bans and arbitrary detentions
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