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Tag: National Register of Citizens

Residents hold their documents as they stand in a queue to check their names on the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) at a NRC Sewa Kendra (NSK) in Burgoan village in Morigoan district on July 30, 2018. India on July 30 stripped four million people of citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam, under a draft list that has sparked fears of deportation of largely Bengali-speaking Muslims. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India ‘loses’ citizenship data in bureaucratic mess

by Anand Venkatanarayanan February 14, 2020February 18, 2020

Amid a raging controversy over whether Indians will have to prove their citizenship again, comes news that the public has lost access to data about millions of people registered in the state of Assam due to a bureaucratic bungle. Critics say the error is an ominous warning for those in the government advocating a nationwide […]

Posted inIndia, Iran, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, United Arab Emirates

Mideast must brace for blowback from India’s crisis

by Dnyanesh Kamat January 29, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia

How India’s CAA, NRC affect Bangladesh

by Sabria Chowdhury Balland January 20, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s democracy facing an existential threat

by Vijay Prashad December 31, 2019February 18, 2020
A young Indian demonstrator holds a placard at a rally in New Delhi, in protest over a spate of assaults against Muslims and low-caste Dalits by Hindu vigilantes in India. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Muslims in India face prejudice, marginalization

by Shivangi December 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Indians rise up against their liar-in-chief

by Vijay Prashad December 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s citizenship law more sinister than it seems

by Faisal Al Yafai December 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s citizenship act is not discriminatory

by Sagarneel Sinha December 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia

India’s messy politicized bid to eject ‘illegals’

by Saikat Datta and Aritry Das September 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Refugees are at the center of a dispute that threatens to fracture German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government. Photo: iStock
Posted inIndia, World

Waiting for citizenship a global phenomenon

by Suraj Gogoi March 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Final Draft of National Register of Citizens of India (NRC) released on July 30, 2018. People wait to check their names on the final draft of the National Register of Citizens in Guwahati, Assam, India on Monday. (Photo by David Talukdar/NurPhoto)
Posted inIndia, South Asia

A lack of citizenship will produce second-class citizens

by Suraj Gogoi February 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Women take part in a rally in Guwahati in Assam in 2008 against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which would give citizenship or stay rights to minorities in India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: AFP/Biju Boro
Posted inAfghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Committee on Assam Accord approved despite protests

by Pratyush Deep January 10, 2019February 18, 2020
Indian Muslims rally in Kolkata against the Assam government  and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to demand the immediate withdrawal of the National Register of Citizens on July 31, 2018. Photo: Debajyoti Chakraborty / NurPhoto / AFP
Posted inBangladesh, India, Israel, Middle East, South Asia

Narrow Assamese identity thrives amid shameful citizenship process

by Suraj Gogoi January 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Women take part in a rally in Guwahati in Assam in 2008 against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which would give citizenship or stay rights to minorities in India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: AFP/Biju Boro
Posted inAfghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Latest killings put spotlight on Assamese nationalism

by Suraj Gogoi November 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Border crossing in Shantipur, Sadiya, India. Photo: Suraj Gogoi
Posted inIndia, South Asia

NRC muddle: a vigilante student union and India’s borderlands

by Suraj Gogoi August 23, 2018
People wait to check their names on the first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Goroimari of Kamrup district in the Indian state of Assam on January 1, 2018. Around 13 million people in northeastern India's Assam woke up to uncertainty on January 1 after the release of an official citizenship registry with names of only 19 million of the state's over 32 million residents. The national registry of citizens (NRC) has been in works for years, after strident, decades long demands by many local groups to identify and evict "illegal foreigners" settling in the state. / AFP PHOTO / Kulendu Kalita
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia

Politics over Indian citizenship: no time for blame games

by Sagarneel Sinha August 8, 2018
Women take part in a rally in Guwahati in Assam in 2008 against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which would give citizenship or stay rights to minorities in India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: AFP/Biju Boro
Posted inBangladesh, India, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

Tension in Assam after refusal to register 4 million people

by Bertil Lintner August 2, 2018February 18, 2020
Final Draft of National Register of Citizens of India (NRC) released on July 30, 2018. People wait to check their names on the final draft of the National Register of Citizens in Guwahati, Assam, India on Monday. (Photo by David Talukdar/NurPhoto)
Posted inBangladesh, India, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Underprivileged risk losing citizenship in India’s NRC drive

by Angshuman Choudhury August 1, 2018August 3, 2018
People wait to check their names on the first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Goroimari of Kamrup district in the Indian state of Assam on January 1, 2018. Around 13 million people in northeastern India's Assam woke up to uncertainty on January 1 after the release of an official citizenship registry with names of only 19 million of the state's over 32 million residents. The national registry of citizens (NRC) has been in works for years, after strident, decades long demands by many local groups to identify and evict "illegal foreigners" settling in the state. / AFP PHOTO / Kulendu Kalita
Posted inBangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Going through India’s citizenship test as a Bengali Assamese

by Tanushree Bhowmik August 1, 2018August 1, 2018
Residents hold their documents as they stand in a queue to check their names on the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) at a NRC Sewa Kendra (NSK) in Burgoan village in Morigoan district on July 30, 2018. India on July 30 stripped four million people of citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam, under a draft list that has sparked fears of deportation of largely Bengali-speaking Muslims. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Divisive debate erupts as India declares 4 million citizens illegal

by Samrat July 31, 2018August 3, 2018

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