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Legislators approve bill that will grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants amid protests in northeastern Assam.
by Zeenat Saberin - Abdul Gani
India
In the Field
Opinion04 Aug 2018 09:38 GMT
After being excluded from a controversial citizen register, millions in India's Assam state are in legal limbo.
by Harsh Mander
Assam30 Jul 2018 13:06 GMT
Authorities say 28.9 million people out of total 32.9 million population included in final draft citizenship list.
Assam30 Jul 2018 12:30 GMT
After declaring four million people 'illegal', Al Jazeera takes a closer look at controversial draft citizenship list.
Asia29 Jul 2018 21:51 GMT
The draft National Register of Citizens will be released on Monday amid fears tens of thousands might not be included.
India20 Jul 2018 05:24 GMT
Al Jazeera speaks to one of Assam's most outspoken public intellectuals on a range of issues facing the Indian state.
India23 Jun 2018 12:55 GMT
As Assam counts its citizens, the fate of nearly 250,000 people, whose cases are pending in Tribunals, remains in limbo.
India11 Jun 2018 11:28 GMT
Police action comes after outrage over the killing of two men on 'child kidnapping' rumours circulated on social media.
India31 May 2018 09:38 GMT
More than 7 million people, including 2.9 million married women, asked to prove citizenship as part of massive exercise.
Asia28 Mar 2018 18:43 GMT
Critics warn new citizens' list could render Muslims and long-term refugees in border state of Assam stateless.
India23 Jan 2018 09:12 GMT
Assam state police chief says he will take action against those found guilty after victims say they were waterboarded.
Asia02 Oct 2017 07:40 GMT
Mohammad Azmal Haque, who served in the Indian army for 30 years, has been asked to prove his nationality.
Human Rights23 Dec 2016 15:42 GMT
To confront discrimination, Bengali-origin Muslim poets are turning "Miya" - a slur for illegal immigrant - on its head.
India05 Aug 2016 14:26 GMT
At least 10,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Assam state in the past three decades.
Poverty & Development03 Jan 2015 19:05 GMT
Lack of development and economic opportunities blamed for unrest pitting region's ethnic groups against one another.
War & Conflict24 Dec 2014 10:08 GMT
Raids by Bodo guerrillas of tribal group on two villages seen as retaliation for offensive launched by security forces.