India: thousands detained in New Delhi to stop the "cockroach" movement's protest against the chief election commissioner

South Africa

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Western and South African press: democracy under strain · 4 of 9 countries

Pretoria retains the image of New Delhi as a locked-down capital to stifle a youth demanding the departure of the electoral referee, against a backdrop of lists accused of favoring Modi's BJP.

Germany

STATE MEDIA

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Western and South African press: democracy under strain · 4 of 9 countries

Berlin is deciphering New Delhi's questioning as a test for Indian democracy, between challenging the electoral referee and pressure on Narendra Modi.

Bangladesh

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South Asian neighborhood: comparison and portrait · 3 of 9 countries

Dhaka is scrutinizing the purge of 130 million names from Indian lists as a test for the democracy of its large neighbor, a figure reported in relation to its own electorate, and is following the repression of the electoral chief's contestation.

United States

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Western and South African press: democracy under strain · 4 of 9 countries

The United States is witnessing a police crackdown on a youth that defies Modi: the American press sees the revision of electoral lists as the driving force behind growing political anger.

France

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Western and South African press: democracy under strain · 4 of 9 countries

Paris is deciphering a democracy under strain: the removal of 130 million voters and the questioning of the electoral referee are pitting the youth and the opposition against a capital locked down by the police.

Ghana

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Youth and dispatch narrative · 2 of 9 countries

Accra sees the episode as a clash between Generation Z youth, born out of an online insult, and the security apparatus of a state that is shutting down the streets for them.

India

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South Asian neighborhood: comparison and portrait · 3 of 9 countries

New Delhi is torn over the legitimacy of its electoral arbiter: the Indian press tallies Saturday's repression, gives a voice to the opposition, and follows the battle over the revision of the lists.

Nepal

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South Asian neighborhood: comparison and portrait · 3 of 9 countries

Kathmandu holds the portrait of a youth defying Modi: the Nepalese press, via Reuters and AFP dispatches, tells the story of the "cafards" movement and the journey of its founder Abhijeet Dipke.

Russia

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Youth and dispatch narrative · 2 of 9 countries

Moscow views the confrontation between the "rathole" movement and the election commission as an Indian domestic policy dispute, lining up the opposition's accusations alongside the defense of Modi's party.