Topic: Assam
Over 2,000 arrested in Assam’s cracks down on child marriages; TMC says “only immediate violators should be arrested”
Within a day after the Assam government launched a crackdown on child marriage, over 2000 men are arrested from across the state for allegedly...
Detention centers can never be a legitimate state response to migration and no human being is illegal: Public statement
Collective Against Detention (CAD) and Right to Nationality and Citizenship Network (RNCN), two rights watchdogs, unequivocally demand an end to arbitrarily declaring people as foreigners in Assam.
68 ‘foreigners’ shifted to Assam’s new “Transit Camp”
The first batch of at least 68 people declared as “foreigners” by Assam authorities were moved to the newly built Matia Transit Camp — the...
Assam Muslim declared ‘foreigner’ by tribunal: Gauhati High Court quashes 2018 decision
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday set aside an order declaring a Muslim man, Assam resident, as a foreigner, observing that the Foreigners Tribunal did not take note of the material on record while passing the decision.
Assam eviction: 500 families, mostly Bengali speaking Muslims, go homeless
In Assam's Lakhimpur district, the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government has evicted around 500 families, alleging that they have encroached on forest land. Most of those who were forcibly evicted are Bengali-speaking Muslims who live on the 10,000 acres that are part of the Pabha Reserve Forest.
Assam: Christians boycott police survey on activities of Church
Christians in Assam have decided not to cooperate with the state police, who began a survey aiming to gather details of Christians, their churches, institutions, and religious conversions.
