VOABy Anjana Pasricha August 31, 2019 NEW DELHI – About two million people living in India’s northeastern state of Assam face the unnerving prospect of becoming stateless as authorities wind down a mammoth process to identify illegal immigrants. Their names did not appear on an updated citizens’ register published Saturday. Human right activists say they would […]
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Rights group terms it largest incident of making people ‘stateless’ in decades
The HinduPublished on 31 August 2019SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A New Delhi-based rights group has termed the exclusion of 19,06,657 people from the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) as the largest incident of making people “stateless” in decades. Sri Lanka’s 1948 declaration of about 9,75,000 descendants of Indian-origin Tamils as ‘non-nationals is the next largest purging move’, the […]
Assam NRC final list: Rights group terms it largest incident of making people ‘stateless’ in decades
The HinduGuwahati, August 31, 2019 A New Delhi-based rights group has termed the exclusion of 19,06,657 people from the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) as the largest incident of making people “stateless” in decades. Sri Lanka’s 1948 declaration of about 9,75,000 descendants of Indian-origin Tamils as ‘non-nationals is the next largest purging move’, the Rights and Risk […]
1 Year And Counting, Still No Bail For Activists Jailed After Bhima Koregaon Violence, NDTV
NDTVPUBLISHED ON: AUGUST 29, 2019 It has now been well over a year since the activists arrested after the Bhima Koregaon violence were put in jail, apparently because they conspired to attack the Prime Minister or lead Maoist terror attacks. For one year all of these activists – scholars, lawyers, teachers and others – have […]
Assam NRC: Rights body says state had lowest decadal population growth rate in Northeast from 1971-2011, The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express 29 August 2019 The National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is being updated based on March 24, 1971 as the cut-off date. GUWAHATI: Assam had the lowest average decadal population growth rate of 20.90 per cent in the Northeast from 1971 to 2011, said a Rights body and Risks Analysis […]
NRC Coordinator asked to withdraw re-verification notices
New Delhi: The Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged the Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Mr Prateek Hajela to withdraw re-verification notices issued to fully comply with the Supreme Court order on 13.08.2019 in which the apex court stated that “The entire NRC exercise having been performed …. cannot now be ordered […]
‘Want NRC, But Not at the Cost of Health’: Long Travel, Accident Mar NRC Reverification Hearings in Assam, NEWS18
NEWS18 / Published on 06 August 2019 Thousands appeared for reverification hearings on Monday in Golaghat from Sontoli, Kalatoli, Hatisolapam and adjoining villages under the Goroimari circle in Assam. Guwahati: Anwar Hussain waited from early morning for his turn at a Nagrik Seva Kendra (NSK) in Golaghat district where he was urgently summoned for a reverification […]
Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RAAG) Urges SC to Initiate Contempt of Court Proceedings, The Sentinel
The Sentinel Published on August 3, 2019 NEW DELHI: Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RAAG) Suhas Chakma on Friday stated that the release of the district-wise draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) data by the Government of Assam on Thursday before the State Assembly constitutes contempt of court as the Supreme Court had […]
Release of district-wise NRC data in Assembly SC’s contempt: Chakma, The Assam Tribune
Assam Tribune By Staff Reporter Published on 03 August 2019 GUWAHATI, Aug 2 – Director of the New Delhi-based Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RAAG) Suhas Chakma today stated that the release of the district-wise draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) data by the Government of Assam yesterday in the State Assembly constitutes contempt of […]
Congress’ Saikia to write to Supreme Court to check if placing NRC data in assembly violates court’s order, The Economic Times
The Economic Times BY BIKASH SINGH , ET BUREAU | AUG 03, 2019 Guwahati: Leader of opposition in Assam legislative assembly and congress leader, Debabrata Saikia said that Assam government has done contempt of Supreme Court by placing district wise data of draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) published last year in the floor of the house. Saikia […]