Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Assam

Assam Police detain 2 journalists booked in Tripura for covering assaults on Muslims

Hours after being booked by Tripura Police while covering anti-Muslim violence in the northeast state,  HW News Network journalists – Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha – have now been reportedly detained by the Assam police.

End ‘selective evictions’ in Assam, stop attacking minorities: AAMSU to PM Modi

Hundreds of All Assam Minority Students’ Union members on Monday staged a protest in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the "selective evictions" and assaults against the northeast state's minorities.

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.

“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.

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.

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).