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On 20 July 2026, more than thirty thousand people marched toward Parliament in the “Sansad Chalo” protest, demanding the education minister’s resignation over the repeated leaking of the NEET paper. This is a record of how that march was policed — every clip kept with the source it came from.

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A wide street outside a government building, hazy with tear gas. A line of police and paramilitary personnel stands on the left; protesters and camera operators move away from them on the right.

Still from footage recorded on 20 July 2026. Full clip in the archive.

What was filmed

A few of the clips. The full archive has many more, each with its source and how well corroborated it is.

Tear gas used to disperse a crowd An officer swinging a lathi at women protesters Nails reported set into a police baton Reporters detained in a police vehicle A carrier message saying internet was stopped on Government instruction Police near their own vehicles, described by the source as staged damage

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The internet was cut while this happened

As protesters were being dispersed, mobile internet was shut down across central Delhi. Carriers told their customers only that it was “as per the Government’s instruction”.

No authority has produced the order. Not the Ministry of Home Affairs, not the Department of Telecommunications, not the Delhi government, not Delhi Police. Which body ordered it, on what legal grounds, covering what area and for how long are all still unknown.

The message people received The Wire Medianama The Week SFLC.in

What the footage shows

The people being beaten were children

Most of those protesting were between 16 and 20 years old. Separate clips record a minor being struck repeatedly with a baton, and another being choked. In one, a firearm is pointed toward a group of children.

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Women protesters were assaulted, and officers laughed

Several recordings show officers striking women protesters, including footage of an officer striking a woman’s genitals, and of officers groping women and laughing among themselves. Others record women being given electric shocks in heavy rain.

Still from the clip: a helmeted paramilitary officer swinging a lathi on a street, with other personnel and protesters around.

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Officers who could not be identified

Multiple clips show officers on duty with no name tag. Without a name or number there is no way to file a complaint against a specific officer, and no way for any later inquiry to establish who did what.

Still from the clip: paramilitary personnel in blue camouflage uniforms, with a news caption about missing name badges.

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People in plain clothes acting as police

Footage records men without uniforms working alongside police against protesters. The source describes them as “private police”. Who they were, who they answered to, and what authority they held has not been established.

Still from the clip: a uniformed officer on a street, with an overlaid caption contrasting police and private police.

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Nails set into batons

One clip shows nails driven into a police lathi. A baton is meant to be a blunt weapon. Modifying one this way is a decision taken before anyone arrived at the protest.

Still from the clip: police officers filmed at close range, with an overlaid caption about nails in lathis.

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Reporters and doctors were targeted too

Journalists covering the protest were detained on camera. Doctors treating injured protesters were beaten. Both groups were doing work that is supposed to be protected.

Still from the clip: several people seated inside a police vehicle, with an overlaid caption from a journalist saying they were detained for covering the protests.

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How to help

  1. Send footage

    If you recorded something on 20 July, or you have a clip that isn’t here, send it to nottotemlol2@gmail.com or roancliterate@gmail.com.

    Useful to include, if you have it: roughly where and when it was filmed, and a link to wherever it was first posted. Footage without a source still helps — it just takes longer to verify before it goes up.

  2. Keep a copy

    Download the videos and keep them. Every mirror listed below belongs to a company that could remove it. A copy on your own phone or laptop belongs to you.

  3. Host this site yourself

    The whole site is a few plain HTML files, under 250 KB, no server needed. Download it and put it anywhere — the more copies exist, the less any single takedown matters.

    Download the site Machine-readable index

    The JSON file lists every entry, its status, its sources and its Internet Archive copies. Use it to rebuild, translate or check this archive without scraping pages.

  4. Correct us

    If something here is wrong, mislabelled, or you are the person who filmed it and want it taken down, write to the addresses above. Corrections make this stronger, not weaker.

Copies and downloads

Everything is mirrored in several places, and any of them can be taken down. The only copy nobody can remove is the one on your own device. Please take one.

If this address is ever blocked, the same archive is at protestarchive.pages.dev, protestarchive.codeberg.page, and protestarchive.neocities.org. Save the ones that work for you, and share them.

  1. Internet Archive

    Videos are being uploaded here one at a time, and more are added as they come in. Individual copies are linked from each entry in the archive.

  2. Google Drive

    Full folder

  3. Proton Drive

    Full folder

  4. Dropbox

    Full folder

  5. Ente

    Shared album

  6. YouTube

    Compilation video

Follow what happens next

This site is a record, not a feed. For ongoing updates:

  1. Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)

    The movement that organised the protests. Several clips in the archive come from this account.

    @Cockroachisback on X

  2. Discord

    For anyone who wants to help document this, or has footage to send.

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