1. Introduction There is no escape from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and every resident of Assam must mandatorily participate if they seek to be identified as citizens of India. The State Coordinator of the NRC, Assam under the supervision of the Supreme Court of India has been preparing the controversial NRC […]
New Delhi: Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RAAG) Mr Suhas Chakma today stated that the release of the district-wise draft National Register of Citizens(NRC) data by the Government of Assam yesterday before the State Assembly constitutes contempt of court as the Supreme Court had specifically directed Shri Prateek Hajela, the SC appointed […]
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 […]
Table of contents 1. India needs a refugee law 2. Proposed Amendment of the Citizenship Act 2.1 Proposed amendment of the Citizenship Act 3. The reality of persecution of non-Muslim minorities in South Asia 3.1 Bangladesh: The ever decreasing Hindu populations 3.2 Pakistan 3.3. Afghanistan 4. Opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 4.1 Opposition […]
New Delhi: In the wake of fake encounter death of 38-year-old Vivek Tiwari, Apple area manager in early in the morning of 29 September 2018 in Lucknow’s posh Gomti Nagar area, the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in press release today stated in the last two decades i.e. from 1 April 1998 to 31 […]
The Quint SUHAS CHAKMA The Maldives is all set to hold another deeply-rigged Presidential election on 23 September to ensure the return of President Abdullah Yameen to power for another term. The European Union and the United Nations have decided not to send election observers as Maldives has failed to “create the necessary atmosphere and […]
The students’ protests in Bangladesh since July 29 against appalling road safety that attracted international attention have dissipated and the government of Bangladesh began its familiar course of action. The police have filed at least 29 cases against unknown students many of whom were in school and college uniforms while leaving out the Awami League […]
On 2nd August 2018, Indonesia banned the Islamic State-aligned terrorist group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah as part of ramping up its counter terror measures ahead of the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta and Palembang in mid August and the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Bali in mid-October. Since May of […]
NEW DELHI: About 40 lakh people have been left out from the Final List of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published today i.e. 30.07.2018 by the Government of Assam to identify the alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. While the legal status of those excluded remains in limbo, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that neither any reference case will […]
On 14 May, the international media broadcast astonishing split screen images from Palestine and Israel. In one half of the screen were celebratory images of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump opening the American Jerusalem embassy and posing for selfies, in the other were the images of Israel Defence Forces (IDF) massacring Palestinian protesters. At least […]