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"On July 8, the Dhubri district administration started a demolition drive tearing down over 2,000 Miya Muslim households at the site of the Assam government’s proposed 3,400-MW thermal power plant in Bilashipara, in Dhubri district."

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"A man – 19 years old – of Betbari village in Assam’s Goalpara, was killed and at least four were severely injured in firing by police today (July 17). The firing took place at the Paikan Reserve Forest area during villagers’ protest against an ongoing eviction drive there. Locals have alleged that the eviction drive primarily targeted Muslim families."

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"A 19-year-old boy, Sakuar Ali, was shot dead and several others were severely injured on July 17, when Assam police opened fire on a group protesting against an eviction drive in Asudubi, near the Paikan Reserved Forest in Goalpara district. In the days that have followed, a familiar pattern has emerged."

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"On May 25, Hazera Khatun (60) and Shona Bhanu (58) – both from Barpeta district in Assam – left their homes with a rare sense of hope. They were summoned to the Superintendent of Police’s office in Barpeta and allegedly told that their long-standing “foreigner cases” were about to be dismissed."

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