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Members of the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam political organization from India’s Tamil Nadu state chained themselves to a metal door in front of a state government office in Coimbatore, a city in southern India, on Jan. 9. The group demanded that officials pardon and release elderly prisoners, and those eligible for parole.
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