New Delhi: On the eve of the meeting being convened by the State Government of Assam regarding a socio-economic census of indigenous Muslims of Assam today i.e. 11 February 2020, Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) stated that every original inhabitant or Bhumiputra (sons of the soil) cannot be […]
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) demanded a judicial inquiry into custodial death of the four accused in an alleged encounter this morning and handing over of the investigation into veterinarian’s rape and murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). All four accused in Telangana veterinarian’s rape and murder i.e. Mohammed (26), […]
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press release today stated that the amended CAB, 2019 which has been approved by the Union Cabinet is an instrument to disefranchise and torture millions of documentless Indians and an instrument to fool the people of the North East. “The exemption of the Inner […]
EastwindBy Suhas Chakma The death of Dulal Paul, a “mentally unstable” man, in the custody of the government of Assam on 15 October 2019 exposed yet again the abuse of the law on the identification of foreigners to punish Indian citizens as alleged foreigners. Paul was lodged at the Tezpur detention centre since 11 October […]
Guwahati Press Club, 01.11.2019: The Government of India is expected to place revised Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the winter session of the parliament beginning on 18 November 2019 to address the crisis arising out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam and its intention to carry out the NRC nation-wide to weed […]
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press statement today stated that the statement of Chief Minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga, in an interview to news magazine, The Week promotes prejudices and hatred against the Chakmas in the State. In the interview published on 5th October 2019, Zoramthanga stated, “I want the NRC […]
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) welcomed the first report of the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar being presented today i.e. 9 September 2019 at the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva . The mechanism was established pursuant to resolution no. 39/2 on 27 September […]
New Delhi: The “Rights and Risks Analysis Group” (RRAG) in a press statement today stated that by excluding 1.9 million persons from the National Register of Citizens (NRC), India made the largest number of people ‘stateless’ in human history, followed by the declaration of about 9,75,000 descendents of Indian origin Tamils or the Upcountry Tamils as […]
1. Introduction There is no escape from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and every resident of Assam must mandatorily participate if they seek to be identified as citizens of India. The State Coordinator of the NRC, Assam under the supervision of the Supreme Court of India has been preparing the controversial NRC […]
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 […]