The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press statement today urged the State government of Arunachal Pradesh to end the treatment of people from the erstwhile Lakhimpur Frontier Tract as second class citizens under the garb of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC). In the last three days, Arunachal Pradesh has witnessed violent protest over […]
Rights View Published on Feb 18, 2019 On 14.02.2019, “Insider Outside: Belonging and Unbelonging in North East India” published by Amaryllis was launched at India International Centre, New Delhi. Mr Suhas Chakma who contributed a chapter on xenophobia and racial discrimination against the Chakmas in the North East was one of the authors present along […]
Table of contents 1. India needs a refugee law 2. Proposed Amendment of the Citizenship Act 2.1 Proposed amendment of the Citizenship Act 3. The reality of persecution of non-Muslim minorities in South Asia 3.1 Bangladesh: The ever decreasing Hindu populations 3.2 Pakistan 3.3. Afghanistan 4. Opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 4.1 Opposition […]
TIMES NOW Published on Sep 28, 2018 For weeks now activists had organised themselves into a virtual lobby, opposing the arrest of suspected ‘Urban Naxals’. This lobby had mounting a campaign suggesting that the State of Maharashtra and elements of the media had manufactured evidence to discredit intellectuals and smother dissent. They had even managed […]
TimesNow The Newshour Debate Published on Aug 13, 2018
Munawar Zaman Press TV, New Delhi Reports of Child abuse at state-run children shelter homes have shaken India. As munawar zaman reports from New Delhi authorities have ordered an inquiry, but critics have questioned the government’s inability to prevent children saying the culture of sexual abuse is persistent in India.
Rajya Sabha TV Published on Aug 9, 2018 The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would constitute a committee under the chairmanship of its retired judge to look in to the problems in jails including overcrowding and suggest measures to tackle it . This is not the first time that the issue of prison reforms […]
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) on the eve of the hearing on the constitutional validity of Article 35A of the Constitution of India relating to special rights and privileges of permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) today i.e. 6th August 2018 by the Supreme Court stated that Article 35A of […]
NDTV PUBLISHED ON: AUGUST 4, 2018 The final draft of the National Register of Citizens released in Assam has left 40 lakh people in limbo about the status of their citizenship. This week, the NRC also dominated the discourse in parliament with BJP president Amit Shah asking all parties to clarify their stand on illegal […]
NDTV PUBLISHED ON: AUGUST 1, 2018 The controversial National Register for Citizens resulted in frenzied protests in Parliament from the Opposition. We look at how the issue of citizenship, key to the lives of the 40 lakh people in Assam, may, in fact, be political fodder not just for the government, but also the Opposition. […]