{
  "id": 15119615,
  "title": "Curbs on protests mark India’s second freedom movement: Dipankar Bhattacharya",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/curbs-on-protests-mark-indias-second-freedom-movement-dipankar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T04:28:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/curbs-on-protests-mark-indias-second-freedom-movement-dipankar-bhattacharya/article71593879.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "All India Students Association (AISA) president Neha Bora and CPI(ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya addressed a press conference in Kolkata, highlighting the alarming implications of curbs on protests in India. Bhattacharya likened the current situation to India's second freedom movement, as the government has deemed young activists as detained for merely waving the national flag. He denounced the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site, stating that people responded by taking to the streets with the tricolour, only to face detention for exercising their right to protest.",
  "summary": "‘They denotified Jantar Mantar. We came out with the tricolour in hand; now they are detaining young activists for waving the tricolour,’ says the CPI(ML) Liberation leader",
  "key_points": [
    "India's government curbing protests, likened to second freedom movement",
    "Young activists detained for waving national flag, denotification of Jantar Mantar site",
    "Neha Bora, Dipankar Bhattacharya address press conference in Kolkata"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement founder arrested after detention",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/indias-cockroach-movement-founder-arrested-after-detention",
        "published": "2026-10-17T05:12:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}