Honda India workers face police violence in struggle for union rights

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More than 2,000 workers at the Honda plant in Tapukara in Rajasthan are protesting after a workplace assault triggered a sequence of events that resulted in arrests and police violence against workers. Government authorities have denied permission to protest, and the workers are in search of a space to hold a peaceful demonstration to demand the release of jailed workers, the withdrawal of false charges and the right to form a union.