Assam Violence
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Assam: Man accused of cow smuggling killed in police shooting
The police claimed he was trying to escape from custody.
Scroll Staff
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Assam: Court asks police to register FIR against CM for saying evictions were ‘act of revenge’
Himanta Biswa Sarma had made the comment about evictions in Garukhuti village of Darrang district last year during which two people had died in police firing.
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Court issues notice to Assam DGP, state and national human rights panels on plea on police shootings
The plea in the Gauhati HC seeks an independent inquiry into more than 80 alleged encounters in which 28 people have been killed, according to the petitioner.
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Four months after violent Assam evictions, displaced families say they got no relief from government
Two people were killed in alleged police firing – their families claim they are yet to get a post mortem report.
Rokibuz Zaman
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In BJP rule, 31 killed in Assam’s alleged encounters – most belong to ethnic or religious minorities
In almost every case, the police claim that the person was shot as he tried to snatch service weapons or was trying to escape custody.
Rokibuz Zaman
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Assam: Darrang police and district officials booked for murder after violence during eviction drive
The FIRs were registered based on complaints filed by family members of Moinul Haque and Sheikh Farid, who died in police firing last month.
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Complaint filed against ‘The Hindu’ editor, two researchers for articles on violent Assam evictions
The complaint was filed by the Prabhajan Virodhi Manch, an anti-migrant body based in Assam.
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Assam: Congress MLA arrested for provocative statements on 1983 Nellie Massacre
Sherman Ali Ahmed had said that the people who were called ‘martyrs’ of the violence had actually killed many Muslims.
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Why evictions in Assam under Himanta Sarma have left Bengali Muslims more fearful than ever before
The community feels the recent evictions are about communal politics, not land. Assamese Muslims agree.
Arunabh Saikia
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The violent video from a recent eviction drive should be a moment of reckoning for Assamese society
Assam needs a strong movement to counter the actions of a casteist, communal state.
Padmini Baruah
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Moments before a 12-year-old fell to Assam police bullets, he had secured a crucial identity card
Most displaced families are Muslims of Bengali origin, chased by a river and a government that will not recognise them as legitimate residents of the state.
Arunabh Saikia
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The photographer’s hateful wrath in Assam is not an isolated crime – it has government sanction
The violence on display in the video from the eviction drive at Sipajhar points to police brutality that has become endemic to the state.
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