Shadow of past foreign interference casts a pall over G20

From the organisation said in a social media interaction that “details would be revealed in due course”.

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A senior official within the state security services confirmed that while the government backs the cause, the “spooks have their eyes closely fixed” on the widespread “purple campaign”.

The official pointed to a pattern of protest campaigns during international events being leveraged by “foreign elements to embarrass the government as a host”, and indicated that any “instigators who might try to exploit GBV for their interests are monitored”.

The organisers of the November protest are calling on women and members of the LGBTQI+ community to refrain from all paid and unpaid work, and to abstain from spending for an entire day, aiming to demonstrate the profound economic and social impact of their absence and to demand that GBV be declared a national disaster.