Commentary
Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
India’s arrest safeguards are again under scrutiny after police arrested more than 100 students two days after the government promised in writing to withdraw cases against non-violent demonstrators, organisers said. The July 25 assurance had ended seven weeks of protests at Jantar Mantar. Such episodes undermine the legitimacy of law enforcement and erode public trust [...]
