India
Leave now on ‘moral ground’: Nagaland’s tribal body to Assam Rifles
Konyak Union, an influential tribal body in Nagaland, has sent a memorandum to the President, seeking removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the entire North East region and action against the soldiers involved in the civilian killings.
India
Opposition parties walk out after Amit Shah’s statement on Nagaland killings
Several Opposition parties including Congress, DMK, SP, BSP, NCP walked out after Home Minister Amit Shah delivered a statement on the Nagaland incident in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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India
Nagaland, Meghalaya Chief Ministers demand removal of AFSPA
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio demanded the removal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA, a day after more than a dozen villagers were shot and killed by soldiers in Nagaland.
India
Intention was to “murder civilians”: Nagaland Police FIR against para forces
The Nagaland Police has lodged an FIR against the paramilitary forces after 13 villagers were shot and killed by soldiers, who thought the villagers were "militants", in the northeast state.
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Amit Shah should answer why Nagaland killings happened: Opposition in Parliament
Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said that the opposition parties are expecting Home Minister Amit Shah to give a statement and his detailed view about the army killings of civilians.
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13 Nagaland civilians killed in Indian army’s security operation
Thirteen civilians were among 14 people killed in an armed forces' operation against 'extremists' in Mon district in Nagaland on Saturday evening.
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Tripura anti-Muslim violence: SC notice to Union, State govts on plea seeking probe
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Union government and the Tripura government on a plea seeking a probe into the recent anti-Muslim violence in the northeast state.
India
Late-night coup: 12 of 17 Congress MLAs join Trinamool Congress in Meghalaya
12 of the 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya have joined the Trinamool Congress in a late-night coup on Wednesday.
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Muslim scholars walk out of Tripura jail 20 days after arrest under UAPA
After 20 days of imprisonment under draconian UAPA, a court in Tripura granted bail to four Muslim scholars belonging to a Delhi-based group Tahreek-e-Farogh-e-Islam (TFI) who were arrested when they carried out a visit to Tripura following the violence unleashed by Hindutva groups against the northeast region’s Muslim minorities.
India
Trinamool leader Saayoni Ghosh arrested on ‘imaginary charges’ in Tripura, alleges TMC
Actor turned politician and Trinamool Youth Congress President Saayoni Ghosh was arrested by Tripura Police on Sunday on attempt to murder charges, days ahead of civic polls in the northeast state.
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Tripura: Supreme Court relief for lawyers, journalist booked under UAPA
The Supreme Court on Wendesday ordered that no coercive steps should be taken against two lawyers and one journalist, who were booked under the draconian UAPA by Tripura police over their social media posts and fact-finding reports about the recent anti-Muslim violence which took place in the northeast state.
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Being excluded from NRC affects every stage of life: Assam scholar Abdul Kalam Azad
Abdul Kalam Azad is a human rights researcher, community worker, and writer based in Assam. He is working on his Ph.D. thesis on Assam’s citizenship crisis at Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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