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Delhi police detained Abhijeet Dipke and held scores of activists on Friday as a planned Tricolour march in Connaught Place was blocked. Authorities said the moves were preventive, while organisers and opposition figures accused the government of suppressing dissent.
Actor Imran Khan, an American national holding an Overseas Citizen of India card, has been issued a notice by Mumbai FRRO directing him to leave India by October 28 after he joined an anti Chief Election Commissioner protest. His legal team says it will move the Bombay High Court on October 16 to contest the notice, setting up a test of how immigration rules apply to OCI holders who take part in political demonstrations.
A federal judge has extended a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from enforcing a September decision to revoke press credentials for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, keeping the outlets on the White House grounds while a constitutional challenge moves through the courts.
India’s Supreme Court on Friday told authorities not to impose a blanket shutdown of trains and metro services in New Delhi ahead of an October 10 mass protest, even as police and transport agencies restricted entry at dozens of stations and Indian Railways cancelled multiple long distance services.
The federal government renewed public-facing materials on the Safe Social Media Act, known as Bill C-34, on September 29, 2026, restating objectives and regulatory tools for protecting children online as scrutiny from privacy advocates and industry grows.
An exposure draft of Australia’s Online Safety Amendment includes a provision authorising the eSafety Commissioner and approved researchers to create so called sock puppet identities, including AI generated accounts, to observe, interact and post on online services. The clause has prompted renewed concern from civil liberties groups, legal analysts and social commentators about unchecked state use of covert accounts.
A month of street demonstrations by a youth movement over an alleged national medical entrance exam leak culminated in the resignation of India’s education minister, highlighting deep public anger over fairness in education and the government response to dissent.