Two Cockroach movement leaders jailed five days for breaching Jantar Mantar protest ban

The short version

• A court sentenced Cockroach movement leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das to five days in jail after they entered Jantar Mantar.[The Guardian · Associated Press]
• The CJP said the entry protested a weekend crackdown and police closing Jantar Mantar, where protests are no longer allowed.[The Guardian]
• The arrests follow a Saturday protest demanding election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, which police denied permission to hold.[The Guardian]
• The UN human rights commissioner and Amnesty criticized the response, and the Indian government rejected the UN statement as interference.[The Guardian]

Key facts

• Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were sentenced to five days in jail after climbing barricades to enter Jantar Mantar.[The Guardian · Associated Press]
• Police denied permission for the Saturday protest demanding the resignation of election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.[The Guardian · Associated Press]
• Police deployed about 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel and detained more than 7,000 people, according to the Guardian report.[The Guardian]
• Police declared that protests would no longer be allowed at Jantar Mantar, which had been the capital's designated protest site for more than 30 years.[The Guardian]
• The UN human rights commissioner and Amnesty criticized the government's response; India called the UN statement unwarranted interference.[The Guardian]
• A visiting UK political delegation said it raised the matter with the Indian government.[The Guardian]

Sources

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• Leaders of India’s Cockroach party jailed for violating ban on protest siteThe Guardian - World
• ‘Cockroach’ leaders jailed after scaling barricades at protest demanding India’s election chief quitAssociated Press · Wire: associated-press