由印度年轻人发起的“蟑螂运动”再次掀起抗议浪潮，但纳伦德拉·莫迪政府予以残酷镇压，还关闭了位于德里的一处具有历史意义的抗议场地。该运动的两名领导人因违反相关管控措施而被判处五天监禁。
A fresh wave of protests by India’s youth-led Cockroach movement has been met with a brutal crackdown by Narendra Modi’s government and the closure of a historic protest site in Delhi. Two of the movement’s leaders have been imprisoned for five days for violating suppression measures.
这些抗议活动最初源于民众对教育与失业问题的不满，如今焦点已转向投票权问题。莫迪政府否认其有意剥夺数百万选民权利的说法。
The protests, which began over frustration about education and unemployment, are now focused on voting rights. Modi’s government denies claims that it is seeking to disenfranchise millions of voters.
然而，联合国及国际特赦组织均对政府对待抗议者的方式提出批评，并对印度正逐渐滑向专制政体的趋势表示担忧。
But its treatment of protesters has been criticised by the UN and Amnesty International and raised concerns that the country is sliding further into autocracy.
露西·霍夫与南亚事务记者汉娜·埃利斯-彼得森进行了对谈，观看视频请上YouTube。
Lucy Hough speaks to the south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen – watch on YouTube