According to sources, on February 5, 2019, a suo motu case of sedition has been filed against Mr. Jagadish Debbarma leader of (Indigenous National Party of Tripura) INPT, Mr. Aghore Debbarma, leader of Tipraha faction of Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) and Activist Mr. Anthony Debbarma of Borok People's Human Rights Organisation (BPHRO) and many others at Radhapur Police Station on charges of sedition under sections 120 (B)/124(A)/153(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for participating in a protest rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. There were widespread protests against the passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Assam since 2016. Now as the present central Government had presented the Bill in Lok Sabha, it has hurt the sentiments of the indigenous people of Tripura as well as other North-Eastern states of India and provoked them to protest against the bill. There has been rampant protest against it through-out North-Eastern states of India. More than hundreds of organization and citizens have joined the protest very strongly. As a supporter of the protest the above-mentioned HRDs attended a public rally at Khumulwng, Tripura on January 30, 2019 where they expressed their views against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 and opposed the passing of the said Bill by exercising their fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India. The rally was organized by Tripura United Indigenous Peoples Council, a joint body of 48 groups led by the former All Deb Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) Chief Ramjit Debbarma. The rally was also led by Tripura Congress working president Prayot Manikya. When family members of the HRDs approached the Radhapur Police Station, the then officer in-charge refused to provide a copy of the First Information Report (FIR) nor the FIR Number. To approach the court for anticipatory bail, the HRDs require the certified copy of the FIR and moreover it is a legal right of any person accused of an offence to be given a copy of the FIR, as per the guidelines of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. Thus, the HRDs were denied of their right to apply for a bail and also to know on what charges they have been accused of. To suppress the voice of the peaceful protesters the state has resorted to arrests, detentions, prohibitory orders etc. Many were also injured in police firing and lathi charge during these protests. We also bring to your notice of the incident of open firing by police against protestors in Khumulwng, Tripura on January 8, 2019 leaving a person dead and many injured on which HRDA issued an Urgent Appeal for action to the Hon'ble Commission on January 11, 2019. It is brought to your notice that these kinds of fabricated charges levelled against peaceful protesters are just to systematically silence the dissent and prohibit them from carrying out peaceful protest through lawful assembly, free speech and gathering.