New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene with the Government of Arunachal Pradesh against massive hunger and starvation among 65,875 Chakmas and Hajongs, who are citizens of India, because of their exclusion from the “economic package for vulnerable sections in these difficult times of Covid-19 […]
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Stop conversion of rice to ethanol for sanitizers, petrol: Rights group to PM Modi, The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express23 April 2020 RRAG warned that the world could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short few months. GUWAHATI: Rights body, Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reverse the decision on allowing surplus rice available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to be […]
Stop conversion of millions of tons of rice to ethanol to alleviate impending ‘multiple famines of biblical proportions’ worldwide, PM Modi urged
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reverse the decision announced by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on 20th April 2020 to allow “surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) to be converted to ethanol for utilization in making alcohol-based hand-sanitizers and for blending in […]
Mistaken as Chinese, Indian woman forced into quarantine over coronavirus fears, The Straits Times
The Straits Times29 March 2020 Ms Cathy Akhropele thought she was going to have a regular Friday at work with the weekend to look forward to. The last thing this young Indian woman, with no coronavirus symptoms, foreign travel history or exposure to someone infected with the virus, expected was to be accused of carrying […]
Northeast people battle racism amid coronavirus pandemic, The Week
The Week28 March 2020 Even as China battles global Sinophobia over COVID-19—since the disease was first reported from Wuhan—in India, people of the northeast are facing increasing harassment and violence over their looks. Kiren Rijiju, minister for sports and youth affairs, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has asked state governments to sensitise residents against such […]
PRESS RELEASE: Citizenship Amendment Act – Islamic State attacks on Sikhs in Afghanistan expose shortsightedness of the BJP led Government
“The murder of 25 Sikhs by a member of the Islamic State on 25 March 2020 at a Gurdwara in the heart of Kabul and another blast targeting those attending the funeral the next day on 26 March expose specific targeting and absolute vulnerability of the Sikh minorities, inability of the Afghanistan government to provide […]
What Does It Take To Prove Indian Citizenship? Not Aadhaar, Not Voter ID, NDTV
NDTVPublished on 18 February 2020 What does it take to prove you are a citizen of India? We all take our citizenship for granted after all, most of us have bank accounts, a passport, an Aadhaar card and a PAN card. We assume this establishes that we are indeed bonafide Indian citizens. According to the […]
Every original inhabitant cannot be indigenous: RRAG Director Suhas Chakma
The SentinelPublished on 12 February 2020 GUWAHATI: Every original inhabitant cannot be termed as “indigenous person”, stated the director of ‘Rights and Risks Analysis Group’ (RRAG) Suhas Chakma at a meeting organized by the Assam Government regarding the socio-economic Census of indigenous Muslims of Assam, here on Tuesday. Addressing the gathering, Suhas Chakma said, “Under international […]
Assam’s Khilonjiya Muslims – Terming mainstream communities as “indigenous” is perversion of the term “indigenous peoples”, says Suhas Chakma
New Delhi: On the eve of the meeting being convened by the State Government of Assam regarding a socio-economic census of indigenous Muslims of Assam today i.e. 11 February 2020, Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) stated that every original inhabitant or Bhumiputra (sons of the soil) cannot be […]
Taal Thok Ke: Who is playing the ‘game’ on name of Nationalism?, Zee News
ZEE NEWSPublished on 4 February 2020 In this segment of Taal Thok Ke, we discuss the most important issue that is boiling in the country. The anti-CAA protest in Delhi’s ‘Shaheen Bagh’ is not taking ready to rest. In today’s debate know, who is playing the ‘game’ on name of Nationalism?