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 […]
Available at Arab News07 September 2019 The detention center is being built at a cost of more than $6 million This is the first time any state government in India has built an exclusive detention center ASSAM: The northeastern Indian state of Assam is building a detention center to house thousands of stateless citizens. On […]
Available at: NDTV INDIA06 September 2019 आज का मुक़ाबला एक ऐसे प्रदेश के बारे में है जहां बाहरी और मूल निवासी की बहस लगातार जारी है. बताया जाता है कि ब्रिटिश राज के शुरुआती दिनों में असम में भारी मात्रा में बंगाली सरकारी नौकरियों में भर्ती किए गए. असम में इसको बहुत पसंद नहीं किया […]
HUFFPOST04 September 2019 “Salman Khan gets bail for Rs 50,000, a Labourer in detention has to pay Rs 2 Lakh surety to get out,” an activist said, pointing out the unfair burden on Assam’s poor. The sole remaining photograph of Hibaz Ali is a grainy image of his face squeezed into a framed collage with […]
Available at First Post04 September 2019 It is possible that the entire expectation of there being millions of illegal Bangladeshis in Assam was based on incorrect premises. While it is true that the 4,156 km border between India and Bangladesh is porous along much of its length, it does not necessarily follow that Bangladeshis are […]
TIMES NOW On The News Night today, just a day after the NRC list was out a big political fight has erupted. But that is not detouring BJP leaders from pitching a PAN-India NRC. Leaders from 3 other states have asked for a PAN-India NRC exercise. The Ministry of External Affairs has assured the 19 […]
The Quint03 September 2019 5 साल का वक्त.. 1200 करोड़ से ज्यादा का खर्च…करीब 62 हजार सरकारी अफसरों की मेहनत.. और नतीजा असम की कुल आबादी के 6% से भी कम. यानी आसान शब्दों में कहें तो खोदा पहाड़ निकली चुहिया. मैं बात कर रहा हूं NRC यानी ‘Needless Register of Citizens…’ ओह माफ कीजिएगा National Register […]
Nagaland Post03 September 2019 The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has said that over one lakh Scheduled Tribe (ST)s who are the original inhabitants of Assam have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) released on August 31, reports Northeast Now news. “A preliminary survey states that about 25,000 Bodos, 9,000 Reangs, […]
Available at The New Indian Express03 September 2019 Its director Suhas Chakma said about 25 per cent of 36,000 Reangs in Hailakandi district were excluded from the NRC. GUWAHATI: Amidst assertions by political parties that the National Register of Citizens (NRC), published on Saturday, was not error-free, a human rights body said over one lakh […]
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam published on August 31 has excluded over 19 lakh people. Though the details are yet unknown, about one lakh Nepalis, an equal number of Scheduled Tribes, who are the original inhabitants of Assam, and over 10 lakh Bengali Hindus have been excluded from the NRC. The remaining […]