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Assam: Muslim man thrashed by Hindutva men during rally against Bangladesh violence
Jabir Ahmed Barbhuiya, a Muslim resident of Assam's Kalain town alleged that he was attacked by Hindutva men who were the participants of a large bike rally, held in Silchar against the communal violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja celebrations.
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“Gross violation of constitutional rights;” lawyer Aman Wadud on Assam citizenship crisis
Prominent Assam based human rights lawyer Aman Wadud speaks to Maktoob's Noorail Khan about Assam's citizenship crisis.
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Policemen, district officials booked for murder of two Muslims during eviction drive in Assam
Two weeks after the police killing of two Muslims during a forced eviction drive, Assam Police have registered two first information reports against policemen and district officials of Darrang district.
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Rahul Gandhi, two Congress CMs leave for Lakhimpur Kheri
Senior Congress politicians Rahul Gandhi and Chhatgisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi have left for Lakhimpur Kheri from the Lucknow airport to meet the families of the victims of the farmers who were allegedly killed by Union minister Ajay Mishra's son during the protest on Sunday.
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Assam CM responsible for extrajudicial killings of Bengali origin Muslims: Report
The cops used excessive force against displaced people in Assam's Darrang and acted without direct provocation, causing deaths of two Muslims including a minor boy, and many injuries, according to a fact-finding report by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).
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Congress MLA Ali Ahmed arrested on sedition for comment against Assam Movement
Assam police arrested Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed on the charge of sedition for the remarks he made on the 1983 Assam Movement while speaking on the recently forced eviction drive and police killings of two Muslims in Dholpur. Officials of Dispur police station in Guwahati picked up the Baghbor MLA from his residence on Saturday evening.
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2 local body leaders & a police firing survivor: 3 Muslim men arrested in Assam
After two Muslims including a minor boy were killed in open police firing at the villagers who were protesting against the forced eviction in Assam's Sipajhar, the Assam police so far arrested three Muslims for "allegedly instigating the protest and violence."
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SIO to sponsor children’s education whose father killed by Assam police on camera
SIO national president announced that SIO will sponsor the entire education of Moinul Haque’s three children.
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Assam: Muslim delegation meets CM seeking judicial probe into police killings, land to evicted
A delegation of Muslim organisations, led by leaders of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JIH), met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday in connection with the incidents of forced evictions and police killings of two Bengali Muslims in Darrang.
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AAMSU sets seven-day deadline for CM Sarma to allot land for forcefully evicted
The All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU), an influential students body representing both religious and linguistic minorities in the state, on Saturday set a seven-day deadline for Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to allot land for thousands of Bengali Muslims being forcefully evicted from large swathes of government land in Darrang district’s Sipajhar.
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Assam: CM says Popular Front behind Bengali Muslims’ protests against ‘eviction’
Muslim group Popular Front of India (PFI) was involved in this week's demonstration against forced eviction drive in Assam's Darrang district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after the police violence towards protest by Bengali-origin Muslims against Assam's BJP led government claimed the lives of two Muslims including a minor boy.
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Sheikh Farid, Class 7 student among shot dead by Assam police with bullet in chest
The two Muslims killed in police firing towards the demonstration against the forced eviction drive in Sipajhar in Assam's Darrang district, included 32-year-old Moinul Hoque, the video of whose...
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