Topic: Nellie Massacre
SC rejects PIL on seeking fresh rehabilitation of survivors of Nellie Massacre, asks petitioners to move HC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking fresh rehabilitation measures and reassessment of compensation for survivors of the 1983 Nellie massacre in Assam, which claimed the lives of hundreds of largely Bengali-speaking Muslims, and directed the petitioners to approach the High Court instead, the Live Law reported.
“They slaughtered us”: 41 years on, Nellie massacre survivors now say justice is not for them
“Sunen Bhai’o Musalmaan o bosiaya, ki korilam Borbori te asiya, ki korilam Borbori te asiya, Maa harailam, baap haraialm hai re hai, ki korilam...
Nellie Massacre; “Though impossible to describe, I will try”
Hemendra Narayan, a journalist from The Indian Express wrote an eyewitness account "Horrible doesn't describe it. How many deaths difficult to say" on 19 February 1983. Read the full text
Congress MP seeks FIR against Assam CM for calling police killing of two Muslims a ‘revenge’
Assam Congress MP Abdul Khaleque on Wednesday has filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for justifying September’s forced eviction drive in Darrang district, police killing of two Muslims, and making statements against Muslims.
