Rights View Published on Mar 6, 2019 On 5th March 2019, hundreds of Adivasi/indigenous peoples organisations with the support of the Dalit organisations observed “Bharat Bandh/India Shutdown” against the order of the Supreme Court to evict over 12 million forest dwellers, mainly indigenous peoples, whose applications under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) had been rejected. […]
Rajya Sabha TV Published on Feb 25, 2019 Date- 25 February, 2019: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine and hear a petition seeking protection of the rights of the armed forces personnel and the security personnel in view of facing agitated and sometimes even angry civilian protestors. The petition is filed by two young […]
Rights View Published on Feb 25, 2019 Arunachal Pradesh has been in flames over the recommendation of the Joint High Power Committee to grant permanent resident certificates (PRC) to Deoris, Sonowal Kacharis, Morans, Misings and Gorkhas in Changlang and Namsai districts. Two persons have died, many injured while private residence of Deputy Chief Minister Chona […]
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press statement today urged the State government of Arunachal Pradesh to end the treatment of people from the erstwhile Lakhimpur Frontier Tract as second class citizens under the garb of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC). In the last three days, Arunachal Pradesh has witnessed violent protest over […]
Zee News Published on 23 February 2019 #TaalThokKe LIVE #TaalThokKe LIVE : जम्मू-कश्मीर के 'ग़द्दारों' का अब आख़िरी इलाज ?#SurgicalStrikeOnPakDalals Posted by Zee News on Saturday, February 23, 2019
Rights View Published on Feb 22, 2019 The Guwahati High Court today declared that Mizoram’s State Technical Entrance Examination (STEE) Rules 2016 as unsustainable in the eyes of the law and put back the Chakmas into Category 1 of the candidates at par with the Mizo candidates. The Mizoram Chakma Students Union (MCSU) filed a […]
Rights View Published on Feb 18, 2019 On 14.02.2019, “Insider Outside: Belonging and Unbelonging in North East India” published by Amaryllis was launched at India International Centre, New Delhi. Mr Suhas Chakma who contributed a chapter on xenophobia and racial discrimination against the Chakmas in the North East was one of the authors present along […]
Zee News Published on 18 February 2019 #TaalThokKe Special Edition #TaalThokKe Special Edition Posted by Zee News English on Monday, February 18, 2019
Rights View Published on Feb 15, 2019 Suhas Chakma, Director of Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) asks whether the leak of information to the Jaish-e-Mohammed on the movement of the CRPF at local level is the issue as India calibrates its response to the worst terror attack on the security forces in the history […]
Rights View Published on Feb 14, 2019 Suhas Chakma, Director of Rights & Risks Analysis Group states that the lapsed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) has become the symbol of identifying the BJP in the North East. He explains how serious actually is the issue of foreigners in all the North Eastern States. He says foreigners […]