#Thread| Though #detention in Assam predates Modi era, now’s a good time to recall violation of human rights that happen within them. I’ve followed the human cost of detention for the past 1.5 yrs.Never made it inside one but the stories from the periphery are equally telling👇🏻
In Aug 2018, I followed a family torn apart by detention. Mother in one, father in one, daughters free but living under cover. Fortunately because of the SC ruling in May, they are now out. (This sketch is the exact replica of what I saw) indianexpress.com/article/north-… 
In Dec 2018, I met Bimal Baidya — a carpenter from Bongaigaon. He was wrongfully in for one year. When he got out, he realised he had lost everything — including his wife who died of an illness. He never knew...indianexpress.com/article/expres…
In Feb 2019, I met two Gorkha women. — Tara and Maya — strangers, until they were forever bound by two months together at a detention centre. indianexpress.com/article/north-…
In April 2019,I met the family of Amrit Das, who died in detention. Authorities say an illness killed him but his wife sees it only one way: if her husband hadn’t gone to jail, he wouldn’t have fallen ill, and if he hadn’t fallen ill,he wouldn’t have died indianexpress.com/elections/assa…
From July 2019, the story of Amila Sah, a Bihari lady whose case has slipped between the cracks. indianexpress.com/article/north-…
In Aug 2019, Nur Mohammed Ali, who spent close to ten (!) years in detention l, was set free — one of the 9 to be released courtesy the SC ruling. indianexpress.com/article/north-…
Irrespective of who started this, the truth is that there are 6 detention centres (running out of 6 district jails) in Assam. An independent one is being built. I do not know the model for the rest of the country. But what I’ve seen so far in Assam sets a very scary precedent.
