Aakar Patel

“Instead of facilitating the right to protest, Indian authorities suppressed it first with a communication blackout, barricades and transport disruption. They then attempted to crush it with unnecessary or excessive use of force against peaceful protesters, including children,”

Aakar Patel · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-24

Patel said Indian authorities suppressed the right to protest with a communication blackout and then attempted to crush it with excessive force against peaceful protesters including children.

“This heavy-handed response was state-sanctioned violence masked as crowd control. The continued impunity after a month is a testament to that,”

Aakar Patel · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-24

Patel described the heavy-handed response as state-sanctioned violence masked as crowd control.