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Not just China you know.... Not directly related to news but recently a journalist who is in asylum in Germany claimed that her father was beaten to put pressure on her return

https://thewire.in/rights/kashmiri-journalist-masrat-zahra-p...

So its not just authoritarian dictatorships but also democracies too

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Your usage of Kashmir as the representative for democracy in this context is a little less credulous given the region is generally synonymous with fascism, ethno-nationalism, and extreme corruption driven by startling inequality and poverty.

I don't think you're wrong to say that it can happen to nominally democratic countries too, but India as a whole (and ESPECIALLY the smaller states) is probably not the best example to prove the point.

>I don't think you're wrong to say that it can happen to nominally democratic countries too, but India as a whole (and ESPECIALLY the smaller states) is probably not the best example to prove the point.

do you need to show proof from every state of india to "confirm" that india does this? as opposed to even 1 case of silencing dissent is good enough to prove a point?

>extreme corruption driven by startling inequality and poverty.

you talking about bihar?

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