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Censorship, arrests, power cuts. India scrambles to block BBC documentary critical of leader.

Por: The Boston Globe World January 26, 2023

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NEW DELHI - The film had already been banned, the social media posts censored. Now, the students huddled without light or electricity around glowing smartphones to watch what their government had deemed to be subversive foreign propaganda.China? No. They were in India, ostensibly the world's largest democracy, and watching the BBC.The Indian government over the past week has embarked on an extraordinary campaign to prevent its citizens from... + full article



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