The planned protest comes after the detained journalists told their lawyers they had been beaten, handcuffed, and forced to film confessions.

Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of the 'Cockroach' youth movement as they sealed off part of Delhi in a massive security crackdown.

Delhi Police detained over 7,000 protesters opposing alleged electoral roll malpractices by CEC Gyanesh Kumar, with CJP leaders and Opposition figures among those held. The crackdown triggered criticism from Congress and other parties,

In what can be described as arguably the most brutal assault on press freedom in India since the Emergency, several journalists were stopped from doing their work and detained in Delhi on October 10 in a display of police excess that bordered on madness.

Plus: A Nicaraguan journalist fights to remain in the U.S.; Guatemalan Maya journalist shot and killed; Turkey arrests reporter and questions her over files on hard drive. The Freedom Desk spoke this week to the co-founder of the independent Egyptian news site Matsadaash whose six journalists were arrested in September.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday announced that all entry and exit gates across the metro network had been reopened, restoring normal access for commuters after restrictions were imposed at several stations in view of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)'s protest.

Massive Delhi protests near Jantar Mantar see 2,500+ detained amid intense security, closures, and near-total road and transit lockdowns.

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