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Mohsin Alam Bhat

The NRC in Assam doesn’t just violate human rights of millions – it also breaks international law

India has defaulted on its international obligations by interning people in detention centres and depriving them of their right to nationality.

Mohsin Alam Bhat
&
Aashish Yadav
· Jan 07, 2021 · 06:30 am
Why the National Population Register is more dangerous than the Assam NRC

The Assam NRC was not an anti-Muslim project. But an all-India NRC based on the NPR will allow the executive to pick whose citizenship it wishes to question.

Harsh Mander
&
Mohsin Alam Bhat
· Jan 12, 2020 · 06:30 am
‘Hindutva terror’ acquittals expose India’s deeply compromised criminal justice system

One by one, persons credibly charged with Hindutva terror attacks since 2006 have been discharged by courts, always on grounds of shoddy police investigation.

Mohsin Alam Bhat
&
Harsh Mander
· Apr 19, 2019 · 08:00 am

Kashmir has ignored its juvenile justice law for years and is now moving to weaken it

In a militarised state known to treat minor offenders as adults, move to lower the age of juvenility to 16 years in cases of ‘heinous offences’ is alarming.

Mohsin Alam Bhat
&
Suroor Mander
· Mar 26, 2019 · 08:00 am