By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Dec 13 : Rohingya refugees living in Hyderabad are a worried lot amid growing threat of deportation in the wake of passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by the Parliament and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). With anxiety writ large on their faces, groups of refugees at the camps here […]
Category: Rights
CAB: UN chief wants laws to be non-discriminatory
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 11 : Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants laws to be non-discriminatory, but will not comment on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) while the legislative process is still underway, according to his spokesperson. Asked at the daily briefing on Tuesday by a reporter about the bill that was passed on Monday […]
Of 18.7L complaints with NHRC only 22K pending: Transparency
New Delhi, Dec 10 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received over 18.31 lakh complaints since 1993 and of this only 22,000 cases were pending, said a report on Tuesday. The report, released by Transparency International on the Human Rights Day, said, “Of the 18.31 lakh cases, only 22,043 cases are pending with the […]
US House panel tweets against India’s Citizenship Bill
New Delhi/Washington, Dec 10 : The House Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives has voiced its apparent disapproval of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that proposes granting Indian citizenship for non-Muslim minorities from countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh. Early on Tuesday, the contentious Bill pushed by the BJP-led government, cleared the […]
Mubeen Shah detention revoked permanently: J&K govt to SC
New Delhi, Dec 9 : The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has permanently revoked the detention order of Mubeen Shah, a Non Resident Indian businessman detained after the abrogation of Article 370. Solicitor Tushar Mehta, representing Jammu and Kashmir administration, submitted a document of the Home department before […]
BJP MP leads tribals’ protest, to meet PM on Tuesday
New Delhi, Dec 9 : Thousands of tribals, who reached the national capital in four fully-packed trains from Telangana, showed their solidarity at the Ramlila Maidan here on Monday. Bharatiya Janata Party MP Soyam Bapu Rao, who represents the Adilabad constituency in Telangana, led the rally demanding the removal of the Lambadi community from the […]