India bans Muslim organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) for five years and arrests scores of its members; PFI accuses New Delhi of 'witch-hunt' expected under 'this autocratic system'
"This is nothing but prevention of the right to democratic protests against the central government's witch-hunt targeting PFI and is quite natural and expected under this autocratic system," says Popular Front of India.
Indian authorities have declared the Popular Front of India and its affiliates an "unlawful association" with immediate effect, banning it for five years. The PFI has condemned the series of detentions and related raids as harassment and held street protests.
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