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National Register of Citizens – the biggest disenfranchisement exercise in human history

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 […]

NRC Coordinator asked to withdraw re-verification notices

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 […]

India: Media’s Crackdown During COVID-19 Lockdown

SUMMARY: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in this report states that about 55 journalists faced arrest, registration of FIRs, summons or show causes notices, physical assaults, alleged destruction of properties and threats for reportage on COVID-19 or exercising freedom of opinion and expression during the national lockdown from 25 March to 31 May […]