Assam Detention Centres
- All
- News
- Videos
-
Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
-
Deport 17 Foreigners In Assam Detention Centre: Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to deport 17 foreigners languishing in a Assam detention centre, noting there is no offence registered against them.
-
Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
-
"Targetted Since I'm Muslim": Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention
A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is an undocumented foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by tribunal court in March.
-
Assam Renames "Foreigner" Detention Centres As Transit Camps
The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.
-
Assam Jail Premises Cannot Serve As "Permanent" Detention Centres: High Court
Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.
-
Release Detainees Lodged In Assam Detention Centres For 2 Years: Top Court
Relaxing its earlier conditions in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the release of those detainees in Assam who were declared foreigners and have been lodged in detention centres for two years or more.
-
Coronavirus: Sedition Case Against Assam MLA Arrested For Alleged Communal Remarks
A sedition case has been filed against an Assam MLA who was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged communal remarks on the quarantine centres in the state. Opposition MLA Aminul Islam had allegedly called the conditions in the quarantine facilities "worse than detention centres".
-
Group Asks Court To Free People From Assam Detention Camps Amid COVID-19
Amid the national lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic, a rights group from Assam has asked the Chief Justice of India to release "declared foreigners" from six detention centres in the state on humanitarian grounds.
-
26 Died In Assam Detention Centres In Last 3 Years, Says Minister
Minister of State for Home Affair Nityanand Rai said that 26 detainees have died in detention centres, due to illness, during the last three years in Assam.
-
10 Inmates Died In Assam's Detention Centres In Last 1 Year: Government
Ten inmates of Assam's six detention centres, where declared or convicted "foreigners" are kept, died in last one year, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
-
Man Who Couldn't Attend Citizenship Hearings Freed From Assam Camp
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order by a foreigners' tribunal in Assam and freed a man from detention centre and has asked the tribunal for a fresh hearing of his citizenship claims. The court observed that he should get one last chance since he was declared a foreigner in an ex parte order as he never appeared for trial.
-
"Don't Know Parents' Birthplace, Will Go To Detention Camp": Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday demanded that the centre withdraw the amended citizenship law to maintain peace and harmony in the country.
-
Assam NRC: Reprieve For Excluded Children If Parents Are In Final List
The government has decided not to send to the detention centre, pending a final decision, the children who got excluded from the NRC in Assam but their parents are included.
-
Man Lodged In Assam Detention Centre Dies, 29th Death In 3 Years
A 55-year-old man, lodged in a detention centre in Assam's Goalpara, died at a hospital on Friday. Police said Naresh Koch was undergoing treatment at Guwahati medical College after he suffered a massive stroke on December 22. Mr Koch is the 29th person to have died while in detention centre in Assam in last three years.
-
Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
-
Deport 17 Foreigners In Assam Detention Centre: Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to deport 17 foreigners languishing in a Assam detention centre, noting there is no offence registered against them.
-
Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
-
"Targetted Since I'm Muslim": Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention
A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is an undocumented foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by tribunal court in March.
-
Assam Renames "Foreigner" Detention Centres As Transit Camps
The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.
-
Assam Jail Premises Cannot Serve As "Permanent" Detention Centres: High Court
Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.
-
Release Detainees Lodged In Assam Detention Centres For 2 Years: Top Court
Relaxing its earlier conditions in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the release of those detainees in Assam who were declared foreigners and have been lodged in detention centres for two years or more.
-
Coronavirus: Sedition Case Against Assam MLA Arrested For Alleged Communal Remarks
A sedition case has been filed against an Assam MLA who was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged communal remarks on the quarantine centres in the state. Opposition MLA Aminul Islam had allegedly called the conditions in the quarantine facilities "worse than detention centres".
-
Group Asks Court To Free People From Assam Detention Camps Amid COVID-19
Amid the national lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic, a rights group from Assam has asked the Chief Justice of India to release "declared foreigners" from six detention centres in the state on humanitarian grounds.
-
26 Died In Assam Detention Centres In Last 3 Years, Says Minister
Minister of State for Home Affair Nityanand Rai said that 26 detainees have died in detention centres, due to illness, during the last three years in Assam.
-
10 Inmates Died In Assam's Detention Centres In Last 1 Year: Government
Ten inmates of Assam's six detention centres, where declared or convicted "foreigners" are kept, died in last one year, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
-
Man Who Couldn't Attend Citizenship Hearings Freed From Assam Camp
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order by a foreigners' tribunal in Assam and freed a man from detention centre and has asked the tribunal for a fresh hearing of his citizenship claims. The court observed that he should get one last chance since he was declared a foreigner in an ex parte order as he never appeared for trial.
-
"Don't Know Parents' Birthplace, Will Go To Detention Camp": Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday demanded that the centre withdraw the amended citizenship law to maintain peace and harmony in the country.
-
Assam NRC: Reprieve For Excluded Children If Parents Are In Final List
The government has decided not to send to the detention centre, pending a final decision, the children who got excluded from the NRC in Assam but their parents are included.
-
Man Lodged In Assam Detention Centre Dies, 29th Death In 3 Years
A 55-year-old man, lodged in a detention centre in Assam's Goalpara, died at a hospital on Friday. Police said Naresh Koch was undergoing treatment at Guwahati medical College after he suffered a massive stroke on December 22. Mr Koch is the 29th person to have died while in detention centre in Assam in last three years.
