Assam

File Photo: Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) shout slogans during a protest against what they say is the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the northeastern state of Assam, in Ahmedabad, India, September 5, 2019. Reuters/Amit Dave
South Asia

UN refugee agency takes up case of potential stateless in India

Nearly 2 million people were left off a list of citizens released by Indian authorities on August 31 in the northeastern state of Assam

‘Not rejecting NRC, only questioning the process’: Himanta Biswa Sarma
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‘Not rejecting NRC, only questioning the process’: Himanta Biswa Sarma

‘Assam NRC may create another Rohingya-like crisis’
Bangladesh

‘Assam NRC may create another Rohingya-like crisis’

FILE PHOTO: People wait to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, India, July 30, 2018/Reuters
Bangladesh

Stateless and stripped of human rights, 1.9 million fates now depend on dubious tribunals

Prof Delwar Hossain. Photo: collected
Bangladesh

We should be careful so India cannot push people into Bangladesh

Prof Amena Mohsin. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

'If we do not take necessary measures, we may face another Rohingya crisis'

Situation in Delhi dangerous, necessary to have NRC: BJP's Manoj Tiwari
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Situation in Delhi dangerous, necessary to have NRC: BJP's Manoj Tiwari

Ex-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi protests 'faulty' citizens list
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Ex-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi protests 'faulty' citizens list

Assam opposition MLA left out of citizens' list
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Assam opposition MLA left out of citizens' list

Presidential Medal winner former Army officer loses Indian citizenship
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Presidential Medal winner former Army officer loses Indian citizenship

FILE PHOTO: People wait to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, India, July 30, 2018/Reuters
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Assam Crisis: Controversial tribunals to dispose appeals

FILE PHOTO: People wait in queue to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, India, July 30, 2018/Reuters
South Asia

Over 19 lakh lose Indian citizenship as final Assam NRC list published

Thousands of people mostly in lower Assam received re-verification notices on Saturday and Sunday with many asked to appear before the designated authorities in Upper Assam districts /Hindustan Times
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Thousands in Assam asked to appear in NRC hearing