Gauhati High Court has ordered the testing of all jail inmates in Assam for Covid-19 because “appropriate precautions and measures were not taken to avoid spread of the virus in the jails”...

The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has directed Dispur to furnish an action taken report on a July 9 complaint lodged by leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia, highlighting the plight of jai...

Assam Students’ Forum, an umbrella body of students in Assam, on Wednesday said it would move the United Nations against the alleged excesses by security personnel during protests against the Citize...

The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has expressed serious concern over the dilapidated condition of the jails in Karimganj and Hailakandi districts.During a three-day visit to Barak Valley, which...

The Assam Human Rights Commission on Thursday sought a report from Assam police on whether the Supreme Court’s guidelines were followed while arresting Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akh...

The Assam Human Rights Commission on Tuesday said it sought the response of the government to a complaint filed by the Save Industry Save Workers Joint Struggle Committee regarding the plight of the d...

The Assam Human Rights’ Commission (AHRC) has decided to take suo moto cognizance of media reports of alleged atrocities on Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi who was arrested by...

Taking suo-moto cognizance of media reports, the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday directed the state government to constitute a high-level probe into the incidents of deaths and injur...

Assam police have sent around 33 anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protesters to 14 days’ home quarantine for violating corona-induced lockdown norms over the first 24 hours.The move has seen the...