The Rights and Risk Analysis Group (RRAG) in a complaint (Diary No.13708/IN/2021) today urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to protect the Afghan nationals who have fled to India in the wake of the Taliban takeover of the country by granting them refugee status. The Afghans who fled to India in the wake of […]
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BORDER DISPUTES IN THE NORTHEAST: THE RAGING WAR WITHIN
The violent armed clashes between the Assam Police and the Mizoram Police on 26 July 2021 led to the death of seven persons including six policemen from Assam and injuries to 60 others.[1] The death of at least 157 persons, injuries to at least another 361 persons, and displacement of more than 65,729 persons from […]
North East Chief Ministers urged to request External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to raise the issue of eviction of 7,000 Garos and 10,000 Mro people and proper implementation of the CHTs Accord with Bangladesh
New Delhi, 23 February 2021: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today requested all the Chief Ministers of the North East to urge External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to raise the issue of forcible eviction of about 7,000 Garos and 10,000 Mro people and implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) Accord with […]
Coronavirus Pandemic: India’s Mongoloid looking people face upsurge of racism
Contents 1. Upsurge of racism against India’s Mongoloid looking people 2. Emblematic cases of racism against India’s Mongoloid looking people during COVID-19 pandemic 3. The way forward: India must enact an anti-racism law 1. Upsurge of racism against India’s Mongoloid looking people Coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected the entire world and people whose physical features resemble […]
Citizenship Bill: False Claims, False Hope?, NDTV
NDTVPublished on 10 December 2019 How true are the BJP’s claims on Citizenship Amendment Bill being not discriminatory towards the Muslims? Reality Check does a fact check on the varying claims of Home Minister on the controversial Bill.
Citizens Bill: A Dangerous Hoax?, NDTV
NDTVPublished on 05 On this episode of Reality Check, a closer look at the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, and how its own agencies warned the government that it will be difficult for immigrants to prove the claim of ‘religious persecution’ in order to make the cut.
CAB is an instrument to torture millions of paperless Indians
Northeast Now04 December 2019 The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), which has been approved by the Centre is an instrument to disenfranchise and torture millions of paperless Indians. “It is an instrument to fool the people of the Northeast,” RRAG director Suhas Chakma said on Wednesday. “The exemption of the Inner […]
Anti-Citizenship Stir Intensifies, Northeast States Up In Arms | The Right Stand, CNN News18
CNN News18Published on 04 December 2019 #CNNNews18#CitizenshipAmendmentBill#CitizenshipDebate | Citizenship Bill cleared, showdown begins. 2-nation theory revisited? Watch the complete debate only on CNN-News18’s ‘The Right Stand’ with anchor Anand Narasimhan.
Tripura tribals” bodies slam Mizoram for ”false” campaign, Outlook
Outlook09 October 2019 Tripura tribals” bodies slam Mizoram for ”false” campaign Aizawl, Oct 9 (IANS) Various Chakma tribals” organisations on Wednesday criticised the Mizoram government and Chief Minister Zoramthanga for an alleged ”false campaign against the Chakmas and mistreatment to the students in the state”. Despite efforts by IANS, the Mizoram government did not respond […]
Thousands In Lawyer Fees, Debts: A Nightmare Awaits Assam’s Poor Left Out Of NRC, Huffpost
HUFFPOST04 September 2019 “Salman Khan gets bail for Rs 50,000, a Labourer in detention has to pay Rs 2 Lakh surety to get out,” an activist said, pointing out the unfair burden on Assam’s poor. The sole remaining photograph of Hibaz Ali is a grainy image of his face squeezed into a framed collage with […]