22-Sep-2021
One of the basic principles of the criminal justice system is that the benefit of doubt must always be extended in favour of the accused — 1000 culprits can escape, but not even 1 innocent should be punished. Also the United Nations had incorporated the principle — Innocent till proven guilty — in its Declaration…
19-Sep-2021
The migrant worker was kept for over three years in a detention centre in Assam after he was declared a ‘foreigner’ A team of Bengal government officials visited Radhanagar village in Bankura on Friday and confirmed the Indian citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik, who was kept for over three years in a detention centre in Assam…
19-Sep-2021
Gangadhar Pramanik, a young man from Bishnupur in Bankura, went to Assam in the hope of finding a way to earn a living. Didn’t get job, got imprisonment instead! In 2017, the Assam Border Branch police sent Gangadhar’s name to the foreigners tribunal as a suspicious foreigner. Gangadhar could not have imagined that he would…
17-Sep-2021
গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিক কোনও একটা রোজগারের উপায় বেরোবে এই আশায় অসমে পাড়ি দিয়েছিলেন বাঁকুড়ার বিষ্ণুপুরের যুবক গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিক। কাজ জোটেনি, বদলে জোটে কারাবাস! ২০১৭ সালে অসমের সীমান্ত শাখার পুলিশ গঙ্গাধরের নাম সন্দেহজনক বিদেশি হিসেবে ফরেনার্স ট্রাইবুনালে পাঠায়। নিজের দেশের মধ্যেই পড়শি রাজ্যে যে তাঁকে হঠাৎ ‘বাংলাদেশি’ হিসাবে কাঠগড়ায় তোলা হবে ভাবতে পারেননি গঙ্গাধর। তাই সঙ্গে রাখেননি…
17-Sep-2021
Gangadhar said that when he reached Guwahati, a person has offered him a job, food, and shelter. A 23-year old person who is a resident of West Bengal and was declared a foreigner by Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and put him behind the bars in Goalpara detention camp finally released and met with his family.…
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar carries with him a harrowing preview of the fate that awaits people when citizenship regimens are enforced in a country with poor documentation record Gangadhar Pramanik (left) with his mother Bharati at their Bankura home, along with officials of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), on Wednesday Telegraph picture Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his…
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar carries with him a harrowing preview of the fate that awaits people when citizenship regimens are enforced in a country with poor documentation record Snehamoy Chakraborty, Umanand Jaiswal: Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his home in Bengal on Wednesday from a detention camp in Assam, carrying with him a harrowing sneak preview of the probable…
16-Sep-2021
Guwahati: Almost a decade later, Gangadhar Pramanik from West Bengal who was declared foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and put behind bar at the Goalpara detention centre, finally reunited with his family in Bankura recently. The then 23-year-old Gangadhar had left his home in search of work. Lived in abject poverty and…
16-Sep-2021
“My son Ganga is back,” his mother cried as hugged and held him as he reached his family. Gangadhar with his mother and CJP officials | CJP Guwahati: Almost a decade later, Gangadhar Pramanik from West Bengal who was declared foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and put behind bar at the Goalpara detention…
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his home in Bengal on Wednesday from a detention camp in Assam, carrying with him a harrowing sneak preview of the probable fate that awaits countless people when citizenship regimens are enforced blindly in a country with a poor documentation record. Gangadhar, 33, had left his remote village in Bankura in…