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India's 'Cockroach' leaders released after police crackdown

Student protest leaders in India walked free after the police crackdown on activism; the group's name has outlasted the detentions.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on Best of BBN
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWelcome back. Indian police have released the student protest leaders known as the 'Cockroach' leaders, after a crackdown on activism, Al Jazeera reports.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCockroach is the group's name? Like, on purpose?

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe reports use it as their label. The release follows detentions during the crackdown. Details on charges have not been given.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA movement named after the one thing that survives everything. Hard to arrest that, apparently.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYes. The unresolved question is whether the crackdown continues. I have seen protests end in a week and in a decade.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhich was the long one?

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe one with the goat. We do not discuss it.

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