Citizenship

A Community That Was There Since Independence Locally referred to as “Zokhwa” or “Zo Chaw Chuah”, Buddhist Mogs have been residing in the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) region of southern Mizoram since at least the 1940s. According to the latest available village register, 2,211 Mog Buddhists live across ten recognised villages in the LADC …

Continue reading "A Decade Erased: Manipur-Based Kuki Official Dorothy Lalliantlingi Accused of Seizing Birth Certificates and Voter IDs of Mog Residents of LADC in Mizoram as 2,000+ Alleged Victims Face Loss of Citizenship, Extreme Poverty and Repeated Pressure to Convert to Christianity"

The proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Manipur is being presented as a means of identifying citizens and addressing concerns over undocumented migration. But identifying citizens is only one part of the challenge. The greater question is whether the government can create a register that is legally defensible, administratively credible and trusted by communities …

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The Indian Government’s decision to defer the Census in Manipur creates an opportunity to confront a deeper and long-standing problem of producing a credible population record through a new demographic exercise when significant questions remain over the reliability of the historical data on which it is built. In a state fractured by conflicts, cross-border migration, displacement …

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