New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press release today stated that the amended CAB, 2019 which has been approved by the Union Cabinet is an instrument to disefranchise and torture millions of documentless Indians and an instrument to fool the people of the North East. “The exemption of the Inner […]
EastwindBy Suhas Chakma The death of Dulal Paul, a “mentally unstable” man, in the custody of the government of Assam on 15 October 2019 exposed yet again the abuse of the law on the identification of foreigners to punish Indian citizens as alleged foreigners. Paul was lodged at the Tezpur detention centre since 11 October […]
ENews RoomPublished on 29 November 2019 Many have welcomed the move of fresh NRC in Assam, but have expressed their doubts about it being genuinely implemented in the North Eastern states of India Shillong: As the political game over NRC (National Register for Citizens) and CAB (Citizenship Amendment Bill) hots up, apprehensions about the exercises […]
The Asian AgePublished on 16 November 2019 Winter Session is going to start from November 18. Guwahati: The Centre’s move to push a revised Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Winter Session of Parliament is set to have serious repercussions across the northeastern states, with the All Assam Students Union and other regional forces threatening to […]
InsideNE Published on 02 November 2019 Rights and Risks Analysis Group, an NGO, has claimed that the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) will not assist those left out of the final National Register of Citizens, published on August 31. Countering the ruling BJP’s claims that the CAB will help those deprived under the CAB to […]
NGO Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) recently said that the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill will not help the minority communities such as the Gorkhas, Bhojpuri, tea tribes and other scheduled tribes. This was in contrast to the promise … Available at The Economic TimesPublished on 02 November 2019 Guwahati: Countering BJP’s claim that the […]
Assam could become the dumping ground for 10 lakh people from the rest of the Northeast Available at The TelegraphPublished on 02 November 2019 A rights group on Friday claimed that Assam could become the dumping ground for 10 lakh people from the rest of the Northeast if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was tweaked by […]
Available at The SentinelPublished on 02 November 2019 GUWAHATI: Addressing the media in a press conference held at Guwahati Press Club on Friday, Suhas Chakma, the Director at New Delhi Rights & Risk Analysis Group (RRAG), said, “The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the ruling BJP have proposed to tweak the CAB to provide […]
Available at The HinduPublished on 02 November 2019 “The bill, if passed, would throw out some 10 lakh people from Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland,” says Delhi-based rights group Rights & Risks Analysis Group. The Central government’s move to push a revised Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the winter session of Parliament will have repercussions across […]
Available at The Shillong TimesPublished on 01 November 2019 Rights group warns against ‘tweaked’ CAB GUWAHATI: New Delhi-based think-tank, Rights and Risk Analysis Group, has warned that more than 10 lakh people from the ILP states of Northeast could be “dumped into Assam” if the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is tweaked and tabled in Parliament. […]