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Asma Hafiz is an independent journalist based in New Delhi. She reports on gender, human rights, technology, and health. Her work has appeared in the New Internationalist, Nikkei Asia, BBC, Himal Southasian, among other news platforms.

Two police officers watch CCTV cameras during an event in India.

Politics 27 February 2023

More CCTV, more crime: India’s most-surveilled cities are the least safe

Indore, Hyderabad, and New Delhi are some of the most surveilled cities in the world. But CCTV cameras also pose a threat to data privacy in the country.