New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press release today stated that the amended CAB, 2019 which has been approved by the Union Cabinet is an instrument to disefranchise and torture millions of documentless Indians and an instrument to fool the people of the North East. “The exemption of the Inner […]
EastwindBy Suhas Chakma The death of Dulal Paul, a “mentally unstable” man, in the custody of the government of Assam on 15 October 2019 exposed yet again the abuse of the law on the identification of foreigners to punish Indian citizens as alleged foreigners. Paul was lodged at the Tezpur detention centre since 11 October […]
Guwahati Press Club, 01.11.2019: The Government of India is expected to place revised Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the winter session of the parliament beginning on 18 November 2019 to address the crisis arising out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam and its intention to carry out the NRC nation-wide to weed […]
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press statement today stated that the statement of Chief Minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga, in an interview to news magazine, The Week promotes prejudices and hatred against the Chakmas in the State. In the interview published on 5th October 2019, Zoramthanga stated, “I want the NRC […]
New Delhi: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) welcomed the first report of the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar being presented today i.e. 9 September 2019 at the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva . The mechanism was established pursuant to resolution no. 39/2 on 27 September […]
New Delhi: The “Rights and Risks Analysis Group” (RRAG) in a press statement today stated that by excluding 1.9 million persons from the National Register of Citizens (NRC), India made the largest number of people ‘stateless’ in human history, followed by the declaration of about 9,75,000 descendents of Indian origin Tamils or the Upcountry Tamils as […]
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: The Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged the Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Mr Prateek Hajela to withdraw re-verification notices issued to fully comply with the Supreme Court order on 13.08.2019 in which the apex court stated that “The entire NRC exercise having been performed …. cannot now be ordered […]
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 […]