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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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Security personnel detain protesters in New Delhi, India, on Saturday.
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From a Sikh Sanctuary to Chaotic Streets, Protesters Brave Police in Delhi

A group of demonstrators used a house of worship known as a gurdwara as a staging ground before their long-shot effort to reach a locked-down protest site in New Delhi.

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Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Blocked by Police, India’s Youth Voice Their Fury

Members of a youth protest movement are outraged after being intercepted at airports and stopped by barricades. “Aren’t we children of this nation?”

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Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.
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What to Know About the Protests in India

Protests against sweeping revisions to India’s voter rolls have broken out in New Delhi. The police met earlier protests with an extraordinary show of force.

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Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.
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India Cancels Trains, Floods Capital with Police to Block Protests

A planned protest against a sweeping voter roll revision prompted police to order a virtual shutdown of New Delhi, the capital. The country’s highest court intervened.

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There was a heavy police presence in central New Delhi on Friday, with yellow barricades chained together near the site of a planned protest.
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France’s Long, Fervent History of Protest

Student demonstrations in recent weeks re-lit a centuries-old torch of civil resistance. How do they compare to previous movements in France?

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A student attacking the police in Paris during the May 1968 student uprising.
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France’s Long, Fervent History of Protest

Student demonstrations in recent weeks re-lit a centuries-old torch of civil resistance. How do they compare to previous movements in France?

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A student attacking the police in Paris during the May 1968 student uprising.
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India’s Young Put Their Bodies on the Line to Be Heard

Despite police barricades and detentions, activists like Neha Bora say they are determined to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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A Rural Village Voted to Leave the U.K., Stirring Britain’s Migration Debate

A plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers on the outskirts of Piddington prompted a symbolic independence vote, highlighting a growing dilemma for the government.

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Local residents unveiled a “Principality of Piddington” sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, after they voted to become independent in a symbolic “referendum.”
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Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen

Thousands of protesters marched in Madrid on Thursday, a day after the death of María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old whose eviction became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis.

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Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.
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French Student Protests Continue as Government Seeks Way Out of Crisis

Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters.

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Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.
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The Wave of Student Protests Roiling France

Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.

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Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.
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Indian Opposition Leaders Detained as Protests Over Voter Rolls Intensify

Lawmakers in the capital were forcibly removed for a second consecutive day as police cracked down on demonstrations against the deletion of voter names.

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Police detaining Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, during a protest organized by opposition parties demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday.
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India’s Cockroach Party Leader Carries Gen Z’s Demands. They Are Many.

Abhijeet Dipke started the movement as a joke. But after ousting a minister over a dysfunctional college entrance exam system, India’s youth say they now want to save democracy.

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Abhijeet Dipke, who founded the Cockroach Janta Party as a joke, now leads a wide movement representing Gen Z's frustrations.
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For France’s Resurgent Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat

Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. The protests have provided him with both opportunity and peril.
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France Braces for a Second Day of Mass Protests in a Week

French activists were set to rally across France on Thursday, in a test of the longevity of a nationwide student protest movement.

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A protest in Paris on Tuesday.
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‘Maricarmen,’ Whose Eviction Enraged Spaniards, Dies at 87

María del Carmen Abascal, aged and ailing, became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis when she was evicted two weeks ago, prompting mass protests and triggering national elections.

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María del Carmen Abascal packs a bag with her belongings in Madrid last month.
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The School Near Paris That Shows Why French Students Are Protesting

Angered by poor classroom conditions, students at Paul Éluard High School in a suburb of the capital were among the first to blockade their campus during an ongoing round of unrest.

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Students blocking access last week to Paul Éluard High School, during a protest for better learning conditions.
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People of All Ages Join French Student Protests as Movement Broadens

Union members, parents, teachers and others took part in mass demonstrations around the country, backing student demands that the government invest more in schools.

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Demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest ailing schools.
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