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AAP documentary screening in Delhi cancelled: Did not seek permission, say cops; ‘Dictatorship,’ says Arvind Kejriwal https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/aap-documentary-screening-delhi-cancelled-cops-dictatorship-arvind-kejriwal-9785652/ The Aam Aadmi Party had planned a media screening of a documentary on the ‘unprecedented assault’ on the party and its leaders.

“As elections have been declared, political parties have to apply for permission through single window system at DEO office (that is DM office). This is a standard process during elections. For the said event, no such permission was taken and hence it would have been a violation of guidelines. We urge all parties to follow the elections rules and regulations at this time,” an official statement from the Delhi Police said.

Kejriwal claimed at a press conference that no permission was required for a private screening. “Today, we had organised the screening of one of our films for the media… This was a private and not public screening but a lot of police force was pressed to stop the screening

Why Trump forced Israel to accept Gaza ceasefire, with Ali Abunimah
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7pG_9qRYcY  

 And while the agreement is expected to bring immediate relief to Palestinians, While many factors led to this agreement, especially the continued strength of the resistance on the ground, the intervention of Donald Trump appears to have been decisive. Ali Abunimah, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Jon Elmer and Asa Winstanley were joined by political and economic analyst Shir Hever, and Ahmed Alnaouq, co-founder and director of We Are Not Numbers

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Emergency & Neo Emergency: MG Devasahayam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Mun47hdxg Sam Pitroda  the history of human rights violations during the last ten years mirrors the Emergency in every way. Both the Emergency and the undeclared emergency have seen a war on dissenting writers, journalists, students, and politicians.
The book throws up searching questions like is the Emergency really done and dusted, who and what was primarily responsible for its imposition, how was it defeated, who did it, and how India is going through an era of neo-Emergency. The author highlights how India’s democracy has swung between two extremes—from two years of the ‘darkest period’ to ten years of the ‘dark-dark period’.
As masters and minions of both eras claim themselves as ‘defenders of democracy’, the question is, are they?