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 […]
The New Indian Express01 May 2020 RRAG director Suhas Chakma said: “The food relief has been provided to about 40% of the extremely poor Chakmas and Hajongs like the daily-wage labourers”. GUWAHATI: The Centre has directed Arunachal Pradesh government to take up as a “matter of priority” the alleged exclusion of 65,875 Chakmas and Hajongs […]
The New Indian Express27 April 2020 GUWAHATI: Human rights body – Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) – has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention alleging that the Chakmas and Hajongs in Arunachal Pradesh are facing hunger and starvation as they were not included in the government’s economic package. “About 33% or 22,000 of the […]
The Hindu27 April 2020 ‘Their ration cards were seized in 1991’ A Delhi-based rights body has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in ensuring food for the Chakma and Hajong communities in Arunachal Pradesh who have allegedly not been included in the government’s economic package. The Chakmas and Hajongs, displaced in the 1960s by violence […]
The New Indian Express23 April 2020 RRAG warned that the world could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short few months. GUWAHATI: Rights body, Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reverse the decision on allowing surplus rice available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to be […]
The Straits Times29 March 2020 Ms Cathy Akhropele thought she was going to have a regular Friday at work with the weekend to look forward to. The last thing this young Indian woman, with no coronavirus symptoms, foreign travel history or exposure to someone infected with the virus, expected was to be accused of carrying […]
The Week28 March 2020 Even as China battles global Sinophobia over COVID-19—since the disease was first reported from Wuhan—in India, people of the northeast are facing increasing harassment and violence over their looks. Kiren Rijiju, minister for sports and youth affairs, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has asked state governments to sensitise residents against such […]
The SentinelPublished on 12 February 2020 GUWAHATI: Every original inhabitant cannot be termed as “indigenous person”, stated the director of ‘Rights and Risks Analysis Group’ (RRAG) Suhas Chakma at a meeting organized by the Assam Government regarding the socio-economic Census of indigenous Muslims of Assam, here on Tuesday. Addressing the gathering, Suhas Chakma said, “Under international […]
The New Indian ExpressPublished on 25 January 2020 The plea said ensuring judicial probes into loss of life or vanishing of a person or alleged sexual assault in detention is definitely an arduous challenge and a daunting political fight. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Centre and states on a […]
The HinduPublished on 24 January 2020 SC seeks government’s response The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to respond to a petition seeking implementation of Section 176(1A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides for mandatory judicial inquiry in cases of death, disappearance or rape in police and judicial custody. A Bench led […]