Citizens for Justice and Peace
चाय वाले की माँ असम में 'विदेशी' घोषित एक बंगाली हिन्दू अचानक डिटेनशन कैंप में मृत पाया गया
23-Aug-2018
आज देश भर के अखबार अक्सर एक चाय वाले के बारे में खबरें छापते हैं. कभी कभी उसी चाय वाले की वृद्ध माँ की भी तसवीरें छपतीं हैं. असम प्रदेश अपने चाय के बागानों के लिए विश्वप्रसिद्ध है. आज चलिए आपका परिचय करवाते हैं असम के एक चाय वाले की माँ से… एक ऐसी माँ…
Assam man’s wife declared ‘foreigner’, missing for 7 years! May have been 'deported' to Bangladesh
21-Aug-2018
Seven years ago, Ainal Haq’s wife was declared a ‘foreigner’ and sent to a detention camp. Then, without her family members being informed, she was allegedly deported to Bangladesh. He hasn’t heard from her in seven years! Haq has documents to prove that she was in fact an Indian. This is how families are being…
NRC fallout: 2,200 agricultural labourers dubbed “illegal intruders” in Arunachal Pradesh Driven out of the state for being unable to provide proof of inclusion in NRC
20-Aug-2018
There is fear in the air in Banderdewa at the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The bogeyman of the “outsider” created in the aftermath of the saffron twist given to the NRC process, ever since the final draft was made public on July 30, 2018, has attained a darker and more disturbing hue. After the use of abusive…
NRC Claims and Objections Process: Draft Modalities and SOPs Inadequate Objector currently has power to harass and bully innocent people!
18-Aug-2018
After the NRC Final draft published on July 30, 2018 left out 40,07,707 people, there only remains a last sliver of hope in the form of the Claims and Objections process. However, the draft Modalities and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for conducting the process, that were submitted before the Supreme Court on August 16, this year, appear to be less than adequate…
Submit Detailed Report on District-wise Exclusions from NRC: SC to Prateek Hajela Court seeks views of AASU, AAMSU and others on Modalities for Claims and Objections
16-Aug-2018
The Supreme Court has asked Prateek Hajela, the State Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, to submit a detailed report on the people who have been excluded from the draft list. The report that should include a district wise percentage of population not included in the NRC, has to be submitted before the…
Reading Kafka and Agamben through the NRC of Assam Blog by Prasenjit Biswas
16-Aug-2018
Can State render its own citizens stateless post facto after they have long lived in a country? Can the state deny the ‘right to have rights’ to those who were born or are descendants of those who were born in its undivided territory? Ought courts of law, by decrees, deny fundamental rights to persons by…
NRC or Anarchy? Confusion at Nagrik Seva Kendras, citizens face inconvenience
13-Aug-2018
The process of updating National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was started with the objective of identification of the Indian Citizens living in Assam. The process was welcomed by all sections of in the State, as it came with an assurance that all Indian Citizens, along with their descendants will be enlisted in the…
Exclusion from NRC allegedly leads to two suicides in Assam State of fear and hopelessness engulfs region
11-Aug-2018
Two people have allegedly committed suicide in Assam due to the exclusion of names of their family members from the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC). While 70 year old Deben Barman was found hanging from a tree in Dhubri district on August 7, 44 year old Rajesh Singh was also found hanging…
In through the out door A blog by Abheek Burman
10-Aug-2018
On Tuesday, August 7, the entire BJP opposition in the Delhi assembly — all of three MLAs in a house of 70 — rose to a man and demanded that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government implement a controversial measure — the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that the BJP-ruled government of Assam…
आज़ाद हिन्द फ़ौज के जवान के परिवार का नाम असम के NRC में नहीं The Making and Re-Making of Indians as Citizens in Assam: A CJP Series
08-Aug-2018
नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस के साथ आज़ाद हिन्द फौज में लड़े पूर्ण बहादुर चेत्री के परिवार का नाम असम के NRC में नहीं है। यदि स्वंतत्रता संग्रामिओं का परिवार खुद को हिंदुस्तानी नहीं साबित कर पा रहा है तो असम का NRC आखिर कितना सही है ? Related: SHOCKING! Azad Hind Fauj soldier’s family…