Like many married women in Assam, Safina was declared a foreigner because she was unable to prove that she is the daughter of her father. The Tribunal’s order in Safina’s case ignores the status of women in India who often have little or no documentation before they are married. News reports show that the draft #NRC released in December 2017, had left out 2.7 million married women who were unable to prove a blood link to their parents. A majority of them were married #Muslim women.
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The fate of over 1.9 million people who have been left out of the National Register of Citizens 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.
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