The Rights and Risk Analysis Group (RRAG) in a complaint (Diary No.13708/IN/2021) today urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to protect the Afghan nationals who have fled to India in the wake of the Taliban takeover of the country by granting them refugee status. The Afghans who fled to India in the wake of […]
New Delhi, 23 February 2021: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today requested all the Chief Ministers of the North East to urge External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to raise the issue of forcible eviction of about 7,000 Garos and 10,000 Mro people and implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) Accord with […]
Arab News 17 December 2020 By Sanjay Kumar Government spokesman says CAA will be implemented ‘sooner or later’ and people of Assam are in favor of it but experts disagree NEW DELHI: Dec. 11 marked the first anniversary of the passing of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India. However, the ruling Bharatiya Janata […]
New Delhi, 16 December 2020: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged the Press Council of India (PCI) to postpone the hearing on 18th December 2020 regarding “suo motu cognisance with regard to alleged targeting of journalists for reporting during COVID-19 lockdown period in Odisha” and urged to issue notices to 19 other […]
National Herald 28 November 2020 By AJ Prabal His last wish was that his body before cremation be taken to a Naamghar, temple, mosque and a church. A leader with the unique ability to connect with the common man, he will be sorely missed People remember his infectious laughter and his favourite one-liner in Assamese […]
The Telegraph 24 November 2020 He served as chief minister for 5,485 days, from May 18, 2001, to May 24, 2016, covering three straight terms Tarun Gogoi, Assam’s longest-serving chief minister who had helped the state “breathe freely again” after years of insurgency, died of post-Covid complications at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital on Monday […]
The Logical Indian 16 November 2020 By Navya Singh (Trending News Editor) While the Supreme Court says that it will protect the ‘personal liberty of all citizens’, many journalists are put behind bars, not permitted to meet their lawyers, families and charged under stringent laws without any evidence. India commemorates National Press Day today, November […]
Barak Bulletin 10 November 2020 By Monosijo Bhattacharjee Let us care to think about an eighty three year octogenarian lady – blank eyes reflecting her sheer helplessness, wrinkled skin speaking of her laboured past in the bosom of our country, white saree alluding to her widowhood. Alone in an auto, bereft of any companion or […]
Scroll 22 October 2020 The International Press Institute and Belgium-based International Federation of Journalists accused the BJP of using pandemic as an excuse to stifle criticism. The International Press Institute and Belgium-based International Federation of Journalists on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to drop all charges against journalists, including those under the draconian sedition laws, that […]
Deccan Herald 22 October 2020 Two international media organisations have shot o a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take urgent action to “prevent the increasing use” of sedition laws and other legal sanctions against journalists and ensure that they “can work without harassment and fear of reprisal”. Two international media organisations have […]