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 […]
The New Indian Express02 September 2019 Human rights body ‘Rights and Risks Analysis Group’ said about 25 per cent of about 36,000 Reangs in Hailakandi district were excluded from the NRC. GUWAHATI: Amidst the assertions by political parties and organisations that the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the final list of which was published on Saturday, […]
The HinduGUWAHATI, September 02, 2019 According to the Rights and Risks Analysis Group, the exclusion is connected to the rejection of land ownership under the Forest Rights Act. A New Delhi-based rights group on Monday claimed that more than 1,00,000 Scheduled Tribes who are original inhabitants of Assam have been excluded from the State’s controversial National Register […]
The Hindu Net DeskSeptember 01, 2019 Assam NRC final list: Rights group terms it largest incident of making people ‘stateless’ in decades 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 […]