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Turkish Court Reaffirms State’s Duty to Protect Women’s Right To Go Out At Night

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Congress workers protested in 36 countrywide locations against the ECI and the CEC Gyanesh Kumar, calling the betrayal of the Indian people by the constitutional body, “high treason”; Left parties also issued statements of protest.