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THREAD: The history India is silent on that must be revisited as we face the threat of #NRC detention. During the 1962 war with China, India rounded up thousands of Indians of Chinese descent saying they were "foreigners" & a threat, and jailed them for 5yrs in detention centres 
2/ A book every Indian supporting the #NRC_CAA_NPR protests #MustRead if you really want to know how deep racist persecution runs through Indian history. Similarly, most Chinese rounded up and sent in trains to #detentioncentres in Deoli, Rajasthan, were from #Assam & #Bengal.
3/ The 3000 Chinese, the Indian govt put into detention centres in 1962 were 2nd/3rd generation in India. Many died in detention due to sickness & starvation. Most were FORCEFULLY deported but did not want to go as India was home! #NRC_CAA_NPR
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"As the first non-official to be allowed in #detentioncentres as a special monitor of the #NHRC, the situation I saw there is beyond description. It is a jail within a jail, a situation of mass mourning" @harsh_mander @karwanemohabbat #Assam #NRC
The #women have no work, no recreation and no parole. Women have been kept in crowded cells for years together, separated from their families and husbands, even when the entire family is detained. @harsh_mander #genderinjustice in #Assam @karwanemohabbat
"True #Justice must always be tempered with compassion. I saw none of it in the #SupremeCourt'a behavior." @harsh_mander
