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National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Weaponizing Citizenship
Assam man fighting citizenship battle dies by suicide
The 60-year-old dry fish seller Manik Das was fighting a legal battle to prove his citizenship before a Foreigner’s Tribunal (FT) in Assam since December...
Weaponizing Citizenship
Being excluded from NRC affects every stage of life: Assam scholar Abdul Kalam Azad
By MEDHA GHOSH
Abdul Kalam Azad is a human rights researcher, community worker, and writer based in Assam. He is working on his Ph.D. thesis...
Hindutva in Legislative
Assam: Death of a 12-year-old and CM’s shockingly cavalier statement
By Umanand Jaiswal
The shock came in two waves.
First, one of the official victims of the police firing in Assam’s Darrang on Thursday was a...
Weaponizing Citizenship
Assam detention centres for ‘foreigners’ renamed ‘transit camps’
A notification issued by the Assam government on Tuesday says the nomenclature of the “Detention centre is changed to Transit Camp for detention purpose”.
The...
Weaponizing Citizenship
Assam: Riot victim Muslim family’s photo appears on govt website with ‘foreigner’ tag
On Saturday, the All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) submitted a memorandum to the Chief Secretary of Assam asking for the removal of a...