{
    "byline": "Lucy Hough",
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    "excerpt": "A fresh wave of protests by India\u2019s youth-led Cockroach movement has been met with a brutal crackdown by Narendra Modi\u2019s government and the closure of a historic protest site in Delhi. Two of the movement\u2019s leaders have been imprisoned for five days for violating suppression measures. The protests, which began over frustration about education and unemployment, are now focused on voting rights. Modi\u2019s government denies claims it is seeking to disenfranchise millions of voters. But its treatment of protesters has been criticised by the UN and Amnesty International and raised concerns that India is sliding further into autocracy. Lucy Hough speaks to South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen \u2013 watch on YouTube",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 721,
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    "title": "India\u2019s cockroach protesters defy Modi\u2019s crackdown \u2013 The Latest"
}