Award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy risks prosecution
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Will India's democratic backsliding continue? Following recent elections which weakened Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FRANCE 24 discusses the latest foreign journalist forced to leave, as well as the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy, with author and professor Alpa Shah.
Also this week, Thailand has legalised same-sex marriage, becoming only the third Asian country to do so, after Nepal and Taiwan. Our regional correspondent Matt Hunt breaks down the implications of the move.
Finally, Netflix has scored another hit with its historical series portraying Lahore's red-light district. But sex workers in the Pakistani city say the reality is far different.
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