Citizens for Justice and Peace
Urgent plea: 10,000 masks needed for the Assam Community and CJP Team For those in Assam who are battling the citizenship crisis amid coronavirus
26-Mar-2020
CJP Assam team has been working day and night, helping people whose names have been excluded from the final NRC, with applications and documents. Even as all NRC related processes were put on hold by the Assam government in wake of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, our team has soldiered on wearing masks and…
CJP Impact: Family of three released from Assam detention camp after four years! CJP continues to help release Indians living in detention camps
25-Mar-2020
For the last four years, Jainuddin, Hajira Bibi, and Kamal Ali have been in the Tezpur Detention Camp. The three detainees were husband, wife and son. Being extremely poor, they could not afford a bail application. CJP team in Assam fought long and hard to help them get released. Although the Supreme Court ruled in…
CJP Impact: Upholds and Defends your Constitutional Rights From Assam's detention camps to hate speech
23-Mar-2020
CJP has been fighting tirelessly for Human Rights across India. Donate Now https://bit.ly/2UaAoDO to help us keep the #JungJaari for the coming year. Related: CJP in Action: Clearing confusion and creating awareness CJP’s rigorous campaign against NPR-NRC, CAA continues CJP continues building grassroots movement against NRC-NPR and CAA
Breaking: Assam NRC activities halted due to Corona virus Lakhs of people excluded from Assam NRC will remain in the dark until further notice
20-Mar-2020
Assam NRC rejection slip work is being halted due to Corona Virus. March 20th 2020, was the deadline for issuing theses rejection slips. Once rejection slips are issued, people get only 120 days to appeal in Foreigners’ Tribunals. Now Nagarik Seva Kendras and NRC headquarters will remain shut and people excluded from Assam NRC will…
This ‘suspected foreigner’ has a Chandrashekhar Azad Link CJP continues to provide support to the large number of people affected by the NRC
14-Mar-2020
70 year-old Sejebala Ghosh has been served foreigners’ notice by the Foreigners’ Tribunal of Bongaigaon, Assam. Her father Lt. Digendra Chandra Ghosh, was a freedom fighter who corresponded with Chandra Sekhar Azad during the Indian independence movement. Her mother donated a huge sum to Indian National Security Fund after selling her property. But now, the widowed Sejebala…
CJP continues its fight for justice in Assam CJP continues to provide support to the large number of people affected by the NRC
11-Mar-2020
CJP volunteers reached out to people whose names have not been included in the final Assam NRC even though they were cleared by a Foreigner Tribunal after being marked a ‘D voter’.CJP volunteers are also collecting data of families and children excluded in the Assam NRC. CJP continues to provide support to the large number…
This women’s day CJP celebrates all women in resistance We salute all the brave women who speak up against oppression and violence
08-Mar-2020
From the brave foot-soldiers who work on the ground to the ones who support them vocally, from the tribal lands inside the forest to the urban metros, from leaders to followers, from asking important questions to fighting it in courts and beyond, brave women have time and again taken ownership to march against wrongdoings and…
CJP helps release two brothers from Assam detention camp CJP's Assam team battled legal formalities for four months to help release the brothers.
03-Mar-2020
CJP has helped secure the release of two brothers from Assam’s detention camp. Samsul Ali and Abdur Rashid had been in the Goalpara detention camp for three years. In July 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that people who are in detention camps for three years or more would be freed on bail. But their path to…
CJP in Action: Two men released from detention camp after CJP intervention CJP helped organize advocate, documentation and communication with authorities
01-Mar-2020
In a huge relief for two men from Assam, CJP has helped secure their release from a detention camp. Brothers Samsul Ali (67) and Abdur Rashid (60) had been lodged in the Goalpara detention camp for over three years. Both hail from Village no. 2 Goraimari that falls under the jurisdiction of the Panbari police…
Citizenship Crisis: CJP is here to help CJP is conducting trainings and workshops to help Indian citizens
26-Feb-2020
Upset by the citizenship crisis? CJP is conducting training and workshops on it. Help us expand our reach with a small donation. Donate here. Related: CJP in Action: Clearing confusion and creating awareness CJP’s rigorous campaign against NPR-NRC, CAA continues CJP continues building grassroots movement against NRC-NPR and CAA
Sign CJP’s online petition to CJI Bobde to hold Kapil Mishra accountable for instigating the Delhi violence and prosecute him BJP leader Kapil Mishra is a serial hate speech offender and has time and again called for violence against minorities
26-Feb-2020
In the wake of the gruesome Delhi violence, the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has initiated an Online Petition appealing to the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, to hold Kapil Mishra – said to be the chief instigator – accountable for instigating violence using hate speech and prosecute him. We now demand that…
CJP in Action: Clearing confusion and creating awareness CJP and allies help people understand wider ramifications of NPR-NRC-CAA
18-Feb-2020
The burgeoning nationwide movement to resist the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) has helped start dinner table conversations about citizenship and nationhood in many a household. There is tremendous curiosity and persistent confusion given a possibly deliberate attempt by the regime to obfuscate the truth. CJP…
Assam NRC: Detention Camp cuts food ration CJP Assam is working with the families of the detainees to help release them at the earliest
17-Feb-2020
On May 2109, the Supreme Court of India ordered the release of detainees who have spent more than three years in captivity inside detention camps in Assam. But more than half of the detainees have still not been released due to the absence of competent representation. The Home Department of Assam has rejected a large…
CJP in Action: Forest workers unite with anti-CAA protesters Members of CJP's partner organisation AIUFWP met with Shaheen Bagh protesters to fight oppression together
17-Feb-2020
Recently a contingent of 23 Dalit and Adivasi forest workers from Lakhimpur Khikri, Sonbhadra and Manikpur arrived in New Delhi to express solidarity with people protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The visiting contingent comprised members of the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP). Just like the protests at Shaheen Bagh are predominantly…
Best Civil Society Innovator: CJP wins big for its work in Assam The award is testimony to the painstaking work put in by CJP volunteers in Assam
13-Feb-2020
CJP wins the 6th eNGO challenge award as best Civil Society Innovator, by Digital Empowerment Foundation, for its exemplary work in Assam. We are continuing the fight against NPR-NRC-CAA around India. Donate to help us help genuine Indian Citizens. Click here to donate. Related: In solidarity with Assam Poverty haunts family of Subrata Dey I…
