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‘I’d Cut My Saree Into Pieces to Cover My Child’: How Women Survive in Assam’s Detention Centres

Most women in the detention centres are middle-aged and mothers. However, the gender-insensitive environment at detention centres do not take into account the needs of the mothers and their children who might accompany them.

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https://thewire.in/rights/id-cut-my-saree-into-pieces-to-cover-my-child-how-women-survive-in-assams-detention-centres

‘Detainees Sharing Cells With Criminals’: Human Rights Violations in Assam’s Detention Centres

Sumi Goswami was sent to the Matia detention centre on account of a technical error on the part of the Foreigners Tribunal. Her three-day experience at the centre exposes the inhumane treatment of detainees, irrespective of their immigration status.

#assam #NRC #ForeignersTribunal #citizenship #CitizenDetentionCentres #HumanRights #BJPStates #india

https://thewire.in/rights/detainees-sharing-cells-with-criminals-human-rights-violations-in-assams-detention-centres