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Unprovoked Attacks, Excessive Force by Police Caused Casualties in Assam’s Darrang: Fact-finding Report
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Unprovoked Attacks, Excessive Force by Police Caused Casualties in Assam’s Darrang: Fact-finding Report

The police made unprovoked attacks and used excessive force against displaced people in Darrang district of Assam, causing two deaths and many injuries, a fact-finding report by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has concluded. A fact-finding team of APCR recently visited Dholpur area of Darang district in Assam which saw the unfortunate...

Brutal Killing, De-humanizing of IDPs in Assam: A Gross Violation of Human Rights and Land Policy
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Brutal Killing, De-humanizing of IDPs in Assam: A Gross Violation of Human Rights and Land Policy

By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi Assam, the northeastern state of India with one-third Muslims in the state population, has nearly 3.62 lakh landless families in 31 of its 33 districts. They are Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in their own land. This has been mainly because of land erosion and devastation caused by the mighty Brahmaputra river....