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- Six U.S. lawmakers, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to raise concerns with India about alleged excessive force in student protests.
- They accused the Indian Embassy in Washington and U.S. consulates of using photographers to surveil Cockroach Janata Party protesters.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to India next week to meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Mumbai.
- Lawmakers asked Rubio to press India for independent investigations and release detained protesters.
- They urged a review of whether India’s alleged intimidation disqualifies it from arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act.