{
  "id": 205486,
  "title": "How excessive police force turns peaceful marches into medical crises",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/how-excessive-police-force-turns-peaceful-marches-into-medical-crises",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T04:15:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu Health",
    "slug": "the-hindu-health",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/how-excessive-police-force-turns-peaceful-marches-into-medical-crises/article71308873.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In India, information on the crowd control devices that security personnel possess and use is not easily available. Regular audits are necessary to ensure these devices meet quality standards and tests should be conducted in a manner that reveals the weapons’ full impact before they are deployed, per the UN guidance.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "How excessive police force turns peaceful marches into medical crises",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/how-excessive-police-force-turns-peaceful-marches-into-medical-crises-205554",
        "published": "2026-08-06T04:15:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}