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Nellie 1983 http://twocircles.net/special_reports/nellie_1983.html Submitted by admin on 18 February 2009 - 8:16pm Thousands of Muslims were killed in Nellie area of Assam in broad daylight on February 18th, 1983. Their only crime was that they exercised their democratic right to vote. In this series of articles Diganta Sharma and Anju Azad recall the horror of Nellie, events leading up to the massacre, aftermath and current situation. This series is made possible by the support of: Afzal Usmani Ashraf Naim Kaleem Kawaja Rafat Hussain Razi Raziuddin Tariq Farooqi Part 1: Names of the people killed Part 2: Recounting the horror: Narrations of the fateful day Part 3: Genesis of Anti-foreigners movement in Assam Part 4: Who is responsible for Nellie massacre? Part 5: Crime but no punishment Part 6: Current situation in Nellie Bibliography on Nellie and Assam agitation: Books 1. P. S Dutta – Autonomy Movements in Assam (Documents), Omsons Publication, 1993 2. Meeta Deka – Student Movement

The right to life must be guaranteed and culture of impunity must end: Anjuman Ara Begum Submitted by admin on 24 November 2008 - 4:55am Articles Indian Muslim Women Anjuman Ara Begum is Ph.D scholar of Department of Law, Gauhati University, Assam, India and the Regional Research Associate for the North Eastern states for South Asia Forum for Human Rights for the Project Understanding Impunity. She has researched the armed conflict in North Eastern states and its impact on civilians since 2004. Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net interviewed her about her research. Opinions given are her personal. Read some of the cases after the interview. Q: Why were you interested in this investigation? A: There is a total absence of systematic research on the human rights violations by armed forces. Court cases and their judgments are never analyzed using the human right frame work. In our investigation we used incident forms of about 70 pages, recorded the interviews and then analyzed with human ri