Make citizenship to Chakma, Hajongs in Arunachal final: NHRC
2 years, 7 months ago

Make citizenship to Chakma, Hajongs in Arunachal final: NHRC

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday has asked the Centre and the Arunachal Pradesh government to finalise the conferment of citizenship rights to the eligible people of Chakma and Hajongs tribes as ordered by the Supreme Court. The CHEF and CDFI had in their May 22 complaint with the NHRC said none of the 4,637 citizenship applications from the Chakmas and Hajongs during 1997-2003 had been processed despite two Supreme Court’s orders. “The registration of the complaint by the NHRC is a step in the right direction for addressing disingenuous means adopted by Arunachal Pradesh and the Union of India to not implement the Supreme Court judgements in the last 26 years,” CDFI founder Suhas Chakma said. In 2021, the CDFI had petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat against the alleged racial profiling of 65,000 Chakmas and Hajongs and the State government’s move to relocate them outside the State through an illegal census.

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Arunachal CM urged not to ‘perpetuate prejudices’ against Chakma and Hajong people
1 year, 8 months ago

Arunachal CM urged not to ‘perpetuate prejudices’ against Chakma and Hajong people

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Chakma Development Foundation of India has urged Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu not to “perpetuate prejudices” against the Chakma and Hajong communities by terming them ineligible for settlement in Arunachal Pradesh and proposing their relocation across India. Terming Chakmas and Hajongs as refugees and claiming Arunachal Pradesh is a tribal State protected by the Constitution are thus …

Arunachal Pradesh: Chakmas, Hajongs Protest Against Denial of Residential Proof Certificates
2 years, 4 months ago

Arunachal Pradesh: Chakmas, Hajongs Protest Against Denial of Residential Proof Certificates

News 18  

Hundreds of people belonging to Chakma and Hajong communities held peaceful protests at Diyun in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Saturday against the denial of Residential Proof Certificates to them, allegedly “as part of the state government’s policy to throw them out”. Rup Singh Chakma, President of the Arunachal Pradesh Chakma Students Union said such denial of certification is affecting …

Arunachal Chakmas, Hajongs protest denial of residential proof certificates
2 years, 4 months ago

Arunachal Chakmas, Hajongs protest denial of residential proof certificates

The Hindu  

The Chakmas and Hajongs rehabilitated in Arunachal Pradesh in the 1960s on Saturday protested the denial of residential proof certificates to them, allegedly carried out as part of the State policy to throw them out of Arunachal Pradesh. The Pema Khandu government had on July 30 constituted the committee comprising three bureaucrats and two representatives of the All Arunachal Pradesh …

Arunachal to probe issuance of residential papers to refugees
2 years, 4 months ago

Arunachal to probe issuance of residential papers to refugees

The Hindu  

Apprehensive of unrest, the Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to form a committee, to probe the issuance of residential proof certificates to the Chakma and Hajong people in the State’s Changlang district. The decision follows a call for a State-wide shutdown on August 3 by the influential All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union, which wants the Chakma and Hajong people ejected. …

U.N. body asks India to respond to charges of racial bias against Chakma and Hajong tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh
2 years, 5 months ago

U.N. body asks India to respond to charges of racial bias against Chakma and Hajong tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 15, 2022 18:30 IST Although the protests over the Citizenship Act, 2019 and the National Register of Citizens have subsided, on the ground, governments in some Bharatiya Janata Party -ruled states have been going about stealthily identifying so-called foreigners so that they could be deported. One such case has come to light in Arunachal Pradesh after a …

Chakmas and Hajongs | The peoples without a state
2 years, 10 months ago

Chakmas and Hajongs | The peoples without a state

The Hindu  

The often-violent Assam agitation from 1979 to 1985 had a domino effect on some of the other north-eastern States. The Assam agitation also impacted Arunachal Pradesh and the politics of xenophobia was primarily directed at four communities — Chakmas, Hajongs, Tibetans and Yobins — who had settled there before Arunachal Pradesh was upgraded from the North-East Frontier Agency in 1972. …

For a civic solidarity: The Hindu Editorial on citizenship for the Chakma/Hajong people
2 years, 10 months ago

For a civic solidarity: The Hindu Editorial on citizenship for the Chakma/Hajong people

The Hindu  

The NHRC has done the right thing in directing the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Arunachal Pradesh government to submit an action taken report against the racial profiling and relocation of the Chakma and Hajong communities in the northeastern State. In light of these orders and given that most of the Chakma/Hajong community members were born in the State …

‘Grant citizenship to Arunachal Chakmas’
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Grant citizenship to Arunachal Chakmas’

The Hindu  

The Chakma National Council of India has asked the Centre to comply with two Supreme Court orders prescribing citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong people settled in Arunachal Pradesh six decades ago. The CNCI and its affiliates such as the All India Chakma Students’ Union and the Rashtriya Chakma Tribal Sangh have also expressed solidarity with the Chakmas and Hajongs …

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