The Hindu 06 June 2020 Student body demands exclusion of refugees from State’s COVID-19 numbers. The COVID-19 pandemic has added more grist to the refugee debate in Auranchal Pradesh. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has asked the State government, particularly the Changlang district authorities not to include the Chakma and Hajong communities in […]
News18 06 June 2020 The sudden spurt in number of Covid-19 positive cases in Changlang district triggered the AAPSU to seek a separate tally for the Chakma refugees settled in Diyun subdivision. Fearing that the documented corona-positive patients from the Chakma community of Arunachal Pradesh will seek legal permanent residency based on their inclusion in […]
The Sentinel06/06/2020 Chakma leader Suhas Chakma has claimed that his tribesmen and women leave Arunachal Pradesh after facing “discrimination” Guwahati: Suhas Chakma, the Director of Rights and Risks Analysis Group has turned down heavily on the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) for its alleged opposition to the counting of Covid-19-afflicted Chakmas in the Arunachal […]
ETV Bharat01 June 2020 A study by RRAG has revealed that as many as 251 migrants workers died while on their way back home — 81 on Shramik special trains, and the rest on other modes of transport. The group also drew a parallel between the reasons behind the rise in cases in Singapore and […]
The New Indian ExpressPublished on 01 June 2020 Singapore Syndrome is all about faster spread of COVID-19 cases where maintaining social distancing is impossible like the cramped dormitories housing the foreign migrant workers. GUWAHATI: A rights body on Monday claimed that at least 251 migrant workers had died while trying to return home during the […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]