New Delhi, 18 May 2020: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that notification of the Government of Bihar to turn all the Buddhist monasteries at Bodhgaya already inhabited by monks, caretakers and devotees into quarantine centres for returnees of the Vande Bharat Mission from Bihar puts the […]
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Rights Body Urges PM Modi to Save Buddhist Monks, Avoid Diplomatic Embarrassment Amid COVID-19, SPUTNIK
SPUTNIKPublished on 18 May 2020 New Delhi (Sputnik): Last week, the Bihar government directed all Buddhist temples, monasteries, and institutions in the village of Bodhgaya be turned into quarantine centres for Indian nationals arriving from abroad. The Gaya International Airport will receive at least six Vande Bharat mission flights between 18 May and 24 May. […]
Bihar putting all Indian and foreign Buddhist monks of Bodhgaya at risks of being infected by COVID-19, PM Modi urged to intervene to avoid diplomatic embarrassment
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that notification of the Government of Bihar to turn all the Buddhist monasteries at Bodhgaya already inhabited by monks, caretakers and devotees into quarantine centres for returnees of the Vande Bharat Mission from Bihar puts the monks and others at […]
Before COVID, Chakma, Hajong tribes of Arunachal battled stormy migration, The Federal
The Federal04 May 2020 A look at how discrimination has driven Chakma and Hajong tribes, refugees from Bangladesh, who settled in Arunachal Pradesh in 1964, to the brink of starvation and statelessness Usha Moy Dewn, 75, hailing from the refugee community of Chakmas in Arunachal Pradesh, after days of battle with hunger, was handed over […]
Arunachal told to involve Chakmas, Hajongs in COVID-19 relief plan, The Hindu
The Hindu1 May 2020 Rights and Risks Analysis Group says a majority of them were facing massive food shortage due to their exclusion from the programme. The Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) has directed the Arunachal Pradesh government to include the Chakma and Hajong communities in the COVID-19 relief programme. In […]
After complaint, Centre directs Arunachal to include Chakmas, Hajongs in COVID-19 programme, The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express01 May 2020 RRAG director Suhas Chakma said: “The food relief has been provided to about 40% of the extremely poor Chakmas and Hajongs like the daily-wage labourers”. GUWAHATI: The Centre has directed Arunachal Pradesh government to take up as a “matter of priority” the alleged exclusion of 65,875 Chakmas and Hajongs […]
RRAG IMPACT: PMO DIRECTS ARUNACHAL PRADESH TO INCLUDE CHAKMAS AND HAJONGS UNDER COVID-19 ECONOMIC PACKAGE
New Delhi: On the directions of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on the complaint filed by Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), the Ministry for Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER) directed the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to take up the exclusion of the 65,875 Chakmas and Hajongs from […]
Arunachal Chief Minister urged to order inquiry into COVID-19 scam in the Chakmas and Hajong inhabited areas of Diyun, Changlang district
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu to order a high level inquiry by the Chief Secretary into COVID-19 scam at Diyun-Bordumsa, Changlang district in light of the non-receipt of any food ration by the Chakmas and Hajongs and prevailing hunger and starvation among them, […]
Rights body claims Chakmas, Hajongs starving in Arunachal, seeks PM’s intervention, The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express27 April 2020 GUWAHATI: Human rights body – Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) – has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention alleging that the Chakmas and Hajongs in Arunachal Pradesh are facing hunger and starvation as they were not included in the government’s economic package. “About 33% or 22,000 of the […]
Chakmas, Hajongs starving in Arunachal, says rights body, The Hindu
The Hindu27 April 2020 ‘Their ration cards were seized in 1991’ A Delhi-based rights body has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in ensuring food for the Chakma and Hajong communities in Arunachal Pradesh who have allegedly not been included in the government’s economic package. The Chakmas and Hajongs, displaced in the 1960s by violence […]