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 […]
NDTV Published on Oct 20, 2018 A large number of people moving to live and work in other places often leads to a flashpoint. We saw an example of this recently in Gujarat, where thousands of migrants had to flee fearing mob violence, and in Assam over the National Register of Citizens. On this episode […]
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 […]
Times Now The Newshour Debate Published on Sep 5, 2018 The state spells out its case, A stinging rebuttal to ‘activists’, 21-page justification accessed. Did ‘doubters’ jump the gun?
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 […]
On 2nd August 2018, Indonesia banned the Islamic State-aligned terrorist group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah as part of ramping up its counter terror measures ahead of the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta and Palembang in mid August and the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Bali in mid-October. Since May of […]
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. […]
NDTV English PUBLISHED ON: JULY 30, 2018 The big fight over Assam’s draft citizen’s list – 40 lakh people don’t find a place on it and could face being deported. Is this about targeting Muslim immigrants? Or all so-called outsiders?
On 14 May, the international media broadcast astonishing split screen images from Palestine and Israel. In one half of the screen were celebratory images of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump opening the American Jerusalem embassy and posing for selfies, in the other were the images of Israel Defence Forces (IDF) massacring Palestinian protesters. At least […]