New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press statement today stated that the statement of Chief Minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga, in an interview to news magazine, The Week promotes prejudices and hatred against the Chakmas in the State. In the interview published on 5th October 2019, Zoramthanga stated, “I want the NRC […]
Counterview06 October 2019 As the Union government has decided to screen of all “illegal” migrants who are allegedly taking shelter in the country by seeking to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in order to create a nationwide database of “genuine” Inidan citizens, even as detecting “illegal” foreigners, one can apprehend more chaos and […]
Asian Tribune05 October 2019 As the Indian Union government has decided for the screening of all illegal migrants taking shelter in the populous country though updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for a nationwide database of genuine citizens (also detect illegal foreigners), one can apprehend more chaos & confusions across the south Asian nation […]
Available at NDTVPublished on 01 October 2019 BJP leaders from the centre and state are calling for the implementation of a pan-India citizens register, similar to the NRC in Assam, but none of them are able to give us an estimate of the scale of the problem. Reality Check looks into the scale of the […]
Available at News18Published on 01 October 2019
Pakistan Today01 October 2019 As the Union government in New Delhi has virtually decided for the screening of all illegal migrants taking shelter in Bharat (officially known as India) though National Register of Citizens (NRC) for a nationwide database of genuine citizens (also detect illegal foreigners and asylum seekers), one can apprehend more chaos & […]
Available at Asia Sentinel23 September 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s plan to expel millions of illegal immigrants is expected to sow chaos and confusion across the country, with critics charging that a hurriedly compiled database endangers hundreds of thousands of indigenous citizens, includes many who shouldn’t be on it, and is being used to […]
India Ahead NewsPublished on 18 September 2019
Available at CNN News18Published on 12 September 2019 The Jamiat Ulama I Hind comes out in support of the Modi govt says they believe that the actions in Kashmir and the NRC are for the good of India. Is it a sucker punch for naysayers like Mamata Banerjee and Assaddudin Owaisi who play to their […]
Available at Daily News and AnalysisWritten by Suhas Chakma, Director, Rights & Risks Analysis Group India has to guard against international scrutiny on Jammu & Kashmir, which has begun now Since the abrogation of Article 370 and the subsequent lockdown of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India has been under intense scrutiny at the national and […]