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 […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Volker Turk today released the “UN Fact-Finding Report on Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh”, leading to the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. The UN inquiry report stated that as many as 1,400 people […]
New Delhi: On the eve of the meeting being convened by the State Government of Assam regarding a socio-economic census of indigenous Muslims of Assam today i.e. 11 February 2020, Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) stated that every original inhabitant or Bhumiputra (sons of the soil) cannot be […]