Do Assam’s Demolitions Hold Up to Legal, Procedural and Ethical Scrutiny?
On July 8, the Assam government began a demolition drive to clear land for a proposed thermal power plant in Dhubri district, targeting over 2,000 households of Bengali-origin Muslim families. The timing, method and impact of this operation raise serious questions about legal compliance, procedural fairness and ethical reasoning.
‘No One Came’: Over 45 Manipur Villages Burned Say They Got ‘Zero’ Help
Two years after their homes were torched and their lives uprooted, residents of 45 Kuki-Zo villages from Manipur’s Chandel district are still waiting for government recognition, let alone compensation or relief. Not one official relief camp has been set up for them, no state support has reached them in their name, and the government continues to deny that their villages were even affected in the May 2023 violence.
97% Of Displacements in South Asia Caused by Manipur Violence
Conflict-induced displacement surged across South Asia, a region encompassing eight countries, in 2023, uprooting a staggering 69,000 people in 2023. Of these, the violence in India’s northeastern state of Manipur alone forced 67,000 individuals to flee their homes, according to a report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). This marks the highest number of displacements in India due to conflict since 2018.