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Seema Saha* with the Foreigners Tribunal's order that declared her a foreigner. © Amnesty International India

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Designed To Exclude: How India’s Courts Are Allowing Foreigners Tribunals To Render People Stateless In Assam

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Author: Indians For Amnesty International Trust (Amnesty International India)

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Description: In this briefing, Amnesty International India demonstrates how the Foreigners Tribunals commit grave human rights violations in Assam. Riddled with bias, prejudices and arbitrary decision-making, they pass vague orders rendering people stateless. The judiciary is complicit in perpetuating this exclusion and abuse. It also extensively delves into some of the key judgements passed by the Supreme Court of India and the Gauhati High Court that have entrenched discriminatory practices on ground and emboldened the Foreigners Tribunal to function in total disregard for fair trial standards, besides analysing 16 cases of persons who were arbitrarily deprived of their citizenship by the Foreigners Tribunals. It also provides a comparative analysis of the citizenship and immigration laws in India with international human rights law and norms.

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Report

Source

NGO : Other International NGOs

Region

Asia / Pacific

Country

India

Theme

Discrimination
Legal / Digital Identity
Nationality Deprivation

Population/Community

Other population/community

Date published: Dec 2, 2019

Source URL: Direct Link

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rapport_inde.pdf
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