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Hundreds detained in voter roll protests in India

Protesters in the Indian capital have again defied authorities to demonstrate against a controversial revision of the country's voter rolls that has seen 130 million people removed, or threatened with removal.

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Diaa Hadid has covered South Asia and Afghanistan from NPR's bureau in Mumbai since October 2023. She previously spent 6 years in NPR's Islamabad bureau, where she covered Pakistan and Afghanistan. Her favorite stories are about people and moments that capture the complexity of the places she covers.

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