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Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness

Associated Press  

MAYOS, Cameroon — The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. “Without a birth certificate, he is stuck with me here in the village,” said Francis’ 61-year-old father, Bertrand Akomi. “When births are not registered, how can you identify yourself as Cameroonian?” asked Banmi Emmanuel Dingha, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee …

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‘Misplaced and unwarranted concerns’: India rejects US’ criticism of CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Misplaced and unwarranted concerns’: India rejects US’ criticism of CAA

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: India on Friday rejected criticism of the Citizenship Act from the US and other quarters, saying concerns expressed about the law are misplaced and unwarranted as it is “not about taking away citizenship”. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal India’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion to all citizens and there are no grounds for concern about the treatment …

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'Misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted': India dismisses US' 'concerned' remark on CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted': India dismisses US' 'concerned' remark on CAA

Firstpost  

“…As regards the US State Department’s statement on the implementation of CAA, and there have been comments made by several others, we are of the view that it is misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted. There are no grounds for any concern or treatment of minorities,” said MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal Hours after the US expressed “concern” over the notification of the …

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CAA India's internal matter, US' comment misplaced, misinformed, unwarranted: MEA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA India's internal matter, US' comment misplaced, misinformed, unwarranted: MEA

Hindustan Times  

The Citizenship Act 2019 is India's internal matter and the statement of the United States on its implementation is misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. "Respect for religious freedom and equal treatment under the law for all communities are fundamental democratic principles," the State Department spokesperson said. India's rebuttal to US concern over CAA: …

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Editorial: U.S. should join the world’s nations in demanding a Gaza cease-fire
1 year ago

Editorial: U.S. should join the world’s nations in demanding a Gaza cease-fire

LA Times  

Israel had broad support from the nations of the world after Hamas’ murderous Oct. 7 attack, its premeditated slaughter of innocent people and its unconscionable taking of civilian hostages. As President Biden has noted, though, Israel is now losing sympathy and global support due to its “indiscriminate bombing” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of any prospect of a future …

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A cautionary tale from Indian Tamils in Ceylon
1 year, 1 month ago

A cautionary tale from Indian Tamils in Ceylon

Hindustan Times  

More people have heard of the fast-bowling Sri Lankan wizard of a spinner Muttiah Muralitharan than of the great community of “Indian Tamils” in Sri Lanka or the tea plantation workers on the Emerald Isle’s Hill Country, to which he belongs. That makes Muttiah Muralitharan one of the 4.2% of Sri Lanka’s “Indian Tamils”. Between 1978 and 1982, I had …

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Matia 'Transit Camp' Is No Answer, Assam Needs a Non-Punitive Immigration Policy
1 year, 11 months ago

Matia 'Transit Camp' Is No Answer, Assam Needs a Non-Punitive Immigration Policy

The Quint  

The lack of due process norms in the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals, and the resultant challenges faced by litigants have been well documented. The push towards criminalising immigration took another step when the Citizenship Act, 2003, introduced the category of “illegal migrants”, denoting criminality to persons who enter India without a valid passport or travel documents, or stayed beyond the …

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A pathway to citizenship for Indian-origin Tamils
2 years, 2 months ago

A pathway to citizenship for Indian-origin Tamils

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India has now posted the 232 petitions challenging the Citizenship Act to be heard on December 6, 2022. However, the Sri Lankan civil war resulted in a spike in Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian-origin Tamils together seeking asylum in India. Over the next 40 years, the legal destiny of Indian-origin Tamils has been largely intertwined with …

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Statelessness: A Man Made Malaise
2 years, 7 months ago

Statelessness: A Man Made Malaise

Live Law  

"…Citizenship is man's basic right for it is nothing less than the right to have rights. The petitioner who has stayed in this country for over 30 years now, due to intervention of this Court for some time, cannot suffer ignominy of being stateless and denied Indian Citizenship due to procedural insistence…" The aforesaid observation were made keeping in view …

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Citizenship Revisited | Parichay | 27 August at 6:30 pm IST
3 years, 4 months ago

Citizenship Revisited | Parichay | 27 August at 6:30 pm IST

Live Law  

On May 28, 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs passed an order creating a different procedure for granting citizenship to minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh in certain districts of India. In light of these developments, Parichay is hosting a discussion about migration along India's western border, and the experience of minorities who seek refuge and citizenship in India. The …

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Home Office leaving stateless people facing detention and destitution, warns UN
4 years ago

Home Office leaving stateless people facing detention and destitution, warns UN

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Home Office is leaving stateless people in the UK …

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Fear of statelessness haunts thousands rejected by NRC in Assam
4 years, 9 months ago

Fear of statelessness haunts thousands rejected by NRC in Assam

The Hindu  

The fear of statelessness among in Assam has a name now. The number is a reference to Ms. Begum, who submitted 15 documents, including PAN card, land revenue receipt and bank passbook but did not pass muster for the Gauhati High Court to overrule the order of a Foreigners Tribunal declaring her a foreigner of the “post-March 1971 stream”. But …

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The Huddle 2020 | CAA is creating two pathways of citizenship based on religion, says Yamini Aiyar
4 years, 10 months ago

The Huddle 2020 | CAA is creating two pathways of citizenship based on religion, says Yamini Aiyar

The Hindu  

The Citizenship Act fundamentally upends the Indian Constitution by creating two very distinct pathways of citizenship on the basis of religion, according to President of the Centre for Policy Research Yamini Aiyar. By “introducing a religion test into our definition of citizenship and what it means to be an Indian”, the Act is now “reopening in a fundamental way” a …

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The misadventure of a new citizenship regime
5 years, 1 month ago

The misadventure of a new citizenship regime

The Hindu  

The appetite of the Indian state for counting its people is evidently insatiable. Since the Citizenship Act provides no independent mechanism for identifying aliens — remember the Supreme Court struck down the Illegal Migrants Act, or IMDT Act, in 2005 — the NRC effectively places an entire population under suspicion of alienage. We would be silly to shut our eyes …

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Just the Important Bits – US Panel on Human Rights (Read: Kashmir)
5 years, 2 months ago

Just the Important Bits – US Panel on Human Rights (Read: Kashmir)

The Quint  

The critics of the Indian government included Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific Advocacy Manager Francisco Bencosme; Nitasha Kaul, Associate Professor at the University of Westminster in London; and Angana Chatterji, Co-chair of Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative at the Centre for Race and Gender Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The two academics argued that the ‘secular democracy …

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Opinion | NRC: Who’s in, who’s out
5 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | NRC: Who’s in, who’s out

Live Mint  

The publication of the final list of the National Register of Citizens in Assam may have opened up a Pandora’s Box. It is bad enough that a state with deep ethnic, linguistic and religious fault lines, evident in the frequency of social flare-ups, has been engaged in a convoluted process of working out who is an Indian citizen and who …

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Assam’s final NRC list leaves out 19 lakh: UN high commissioner for refugees urges India to ensure no one is left stateless
5 years, 4 months ago

Assam’s final NRC list leaves out 19 lakh: UN high commissioner for refugees urges India to ensure no one is left stateless

Firstpost  

About 31.1 million people were included on the list, according to a statement Saturday from Assam’s government, leaving out 1.9 million Berlin: The top United Nations refugee official has urged India to ensure that no one is left stateless by the exclusion of nearly two million people from a citizenship list in Assam state. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner …

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Two million face statelessness as India's Assam publishes citizens' list to weed out 'illegal migrants'
5 years, 4 months ago

Two million face statelessness as India's Assam publishes citizens' list to weed out 'illegal migrants'

The Telegraph  

Almost two million people face being left stateless in the northern Indian state of Assam, after Saturday's release of a register aimed at weeding out "illegal migrants". The National Register of Citizens - the culmination of a years-long effort in the border state - detailed 31.1 million citizens, leaving off 1.9 million. Critics categorised the scheme as an attempt to …

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