#Assam

Faroukh Ali* has spent nearly a decade fighting to prove his citizenship. It all began in 2010 when he was first given a notice from the Foreigners Tribunal No.1 in Darrang, Mangaldai district. Faroukh obliged and submitted all the legal documents that were requested, based on which he was declared an Indian citizen according to the Foreigners Tribunal order issued in October 2015. A few years later, he was send a notice again and he still fights to prove his citizenship.
The fate of over 1.9 million people who have been left out of the National Register of Citizens (#NRC) in Assam now rests with the Foreigners Tribunals. If 100 #ForeignersTribunals, can create such a havoc, leaving thousands stateless, imagine what can happen if a national NRC is implemented.
Amnesty India's report #DesignedToExclude shows how India's Courts are allowing Foreigners Tribunals to render people stateless. Read the report here: amnesty.org.in...
*Name changed to protect identity.