Protection of IDPs in Assam, 7 July 2010

The ACHR sought urgent intervention of the NHRC for providing humanitarian assistance to about IDPs who have been displaced to escape ethnic violence in Haflong area in North Cachar Hills district of Assam. The NHRC in its order (NHRC Case No. 3/3/13/09-10) on 7 July 2010 informed ACHR that a total of 21,308 Dimasas and Nagas were displaced and given shelter in 45 relief camps. Apart from various assistanc, the State Government of Assam provided ex-gratia grant @ Rs.3 (three) lakhs each to all the families of 73 victims who died in the violence and Rs 10,000 per families whose house were burnt down.

REPORTS

• The Brus of Mizoram: Unequal, Unwanted and Unwelcome, 21 January 2010
• The Adivasis of Chhattisgarh: Victims of the Naxalite Movement and Salwa Judum Campaign, 17 March 2006
• Lessons Not Learnt by Assam: Ethnic cleansing and internal displacement in Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills, 7 November 2005
• India Human Rights Report 2005, September 2005
• Commissions and Conflicts: Briefing Papers on the Role of National Human Rights Institutions in Conflict Situations, 11 September 2004
• The Status of Children in India: 9 October 2003

PRESS RELEASES

• Mizoram failed to protect the Brus: November repatriation was a recipe for chaos and conflict, 21 January 2010
• ACHR concludes Bru displacement fact finding mission, 15 December 2009
• ACHR accepts offer of the Mizoram government to visit the communal affected areas if security can be guaranteed, 27 November 2009
• CBI investigation sought into the communal attacks on the Brus in Mizoram, 20 November 2009
• Prime Minister urged to stop Salwa Judum campaign, 114 persons killed by the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh in 2006, 12 April 2006
• Chhattisgarh Government and Naxalites urged to talk, 17 March 2006
• 23/01/2006: NHRC urged to intervene on the Hmars IDPs of Manipur, Armed groups must not violate Geneva Conventions
• 06/01/2006: Centre and Tripura have failed the Brus, Camp conditions sub-human
• 25/11/2005: NHRC to visit Karbi Anglong from 28 November
• 18/11/2005: NHRC assures to consider sending a team to Karbi Anglong
• 30/10/2003: Vulnerable children's rights not protected in India, ACHR study

ACHR REVIEW

• Review/117/06: The Adivasis of Chhattisgarh: Victims of Naxalite Movement and Salwa Judum Campaign, 22 March 2006
• Review/107/06: Despair in Bru IDP camps in India, 11 January 2006
• Review/98/05: Lessons Not Learnt by Assam: Ethnic cleansing and internal displacement in Karbi Anglong and NC Hills, 9 November 2005
• Review/91/05: Naxalism and looming civil wars of India, 21 September 2005
• Review/37/04: Asylum seekers, refugees and the role of NHRIs, 8 September 2004