Some good news in these bleak times:

Advocate @AmanWadud called me a while ago and informed me that the Supreme Court has reduced the duration of detention from 3 to 2 years and also relaxed the conditions (bond surety charges) for those declared foreigners in Assam.

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Petitioners had appealed for release of all "declared foreigners" from detention centres irrespective of duration and dispensing with the conditions of financial surety.

Still, this order implies that many of those arbitrarily declared foreigners will come out earlier.

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It means that Asgar Ali from Kolkata whose family lives in Park Circus and has been in foreigners' detention center in Assam for over two years, will soon be released.

Aman Bhai, Asgar Ali's lawyer, told me that if all goes well he shall be able to be home this Ramazan.

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For those interested in knowing and following the plights of Asgar Ali, follow this Thread I wrote earlier in February:

https://twitter.com/journalistreyaz/status/1227923821375545344?s=19

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