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PTI
10 Inmates Died in Last One Year in Assam Detention Centres: Govt
17 Mar 2020
As many as 3,331 people are lodged in 6 detention centres in Assam, while another such facility with a capacity for 3,000 people is under construction, Lok Sabha was informed.
ICF Team
Assam and the CAA: A Pre-Independence Timeline
11 Mar 2020
This is the first of a three-part series tracing the leading events in Assam’s politics of language, religion, ethno-nationalism and citizenship from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Shubham Verma
What India Can Learn from Myanmar’s Citizenship Law
22 Feb 2020
The CAA slots people into arbitrary categories and denies them justice. Myanmar tried a discriminatory hierarchy of citizenship too, and the results were disastrous.
Newsclick Report
Assam NRC Coordinator Seeks Details of ‘Illegal Inclusions’ in NRC
21 Feb 2020
The letter, issued by the state coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) Hitesh Dev Sarma, also states that a list of such persons has already been shared by the Deputy Commissioners…
Ranu Jain, Fahad Ahmad
From Silence to the Assertion
20 Feb 2020
In this article, the authors while discussing the ongoing students and women protests argues how these protests have contributed to the awakening of the Muslim community to stand for their equal…
Hiren Gohain
This is Not Really Democracy But Its Poor Caricature
16 Feb 2020
CAA is being steam-rolled by the same divisive force across India, even in Assam.
Shalim M Hussain
Uncertainty Around NRC is Taking Human Lives in Assam
13 Feb 2020
The latest suicide of a 42-year-old, who feared his citizenship would be permanently extinguished, is an outcome of five months of stress and anxiety over the stalled process of inclusion and…
Hiren Gohain
How to Counter a Regime that is Erasing Unity and Brotherhood
08 Feb 2020
Regime wants to wipe out Gandhi’s vision of unity, brotherhood and solidarity.
Amitava Bandyopadhyay
Pan-India NRC May Lead to Initial Exclusion of Well Over 10 Crore Applicants
13 Jan 2020
A statistical view of the possible risks of implementing the National Register of Citizens across India, and the huge social and monetary costs involved.
Constitutional Conduct Group
An Open Letter to the Citizens of India: India Does Not Need CAA-NPR-NRC
10 Jan 2020
Over the past few weeks, many of you have been understandably agitated over the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (“CAA“).