Citizens for Justice and Peace
Shades of Saffron The Sangh Parivar's Politics of Polarisation
28-May-2018
Mangalore has always stood for modernity, enterprise and a liberal way of life. But in the last three decades, post the Babri Masjid demolition, there has been continuous targeting on minorities by the right wing. Mangalore is one of the best examples of Sangh Parivar’s communal polarisation politics. They have made Dakshina Kannada a violent,…
CJP fights for justice in the Naroda Patiya Massacre Punctures Prevalent Culture of Impunity
23-May-2018
For 16 long years, CJP has stood by its credo, to assist the eye-witness survivors of the genocidal carnage in Gujarat in 2002, get justice and reparation. We have battled within the Courts, stood by the Survivors in their quest for justice and achieved milestones. In the process we have also been victimised by an…
Lynched in India A Timeline of Lynching Cases in India since 2014
22-May-2018
The recent lynchings of a Dalit man in Gujarat and a Muslim man in Madhya Pradesh show how instances of lynching have not abated in 2018. In fact there has been an increase in the spate of violence against minorities and oppressed sections of society over the last three years. ‘Lynching’ has become common and…
ओड नरसंहार : गुजरात हाईकोर्ट ने 19 लोगों की सज़ा रखी बरकरार 1 मार्च, 2002 को गुजरात दंगों के दौरान आनंद ज़िले में 23 लोगों को जिंदा जला दिया गया था
12-May-2018
गुजरात हाई कोर्ट की खंडपीठ ने ओड दंगे में दोषी पाए गए 19 लोगों की सज़ा बरकरार रखी है. गुजरात के आनंद जिले में ओड नाम के स्थान पर मुसलमान विरोधी हिंसा के चलते 23 लोगों को ज़िंदा जला दिया गया था. यह घटना गोधरा ट्रेन के जलने के ठीक दो दिन बाद, 1 मार्च, 2002…
Guj HC upholds sentences of 19 convicted in Ode Massacre 23 people had been burnt alive on March 1, 2002 in Anand District
11-May-2018
A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court has upheld the sentence of 19 people in the Ode Massacre. 23 people were burnt alive in the anti-Muslim violence that took place in Ode in Anand District in Gujarat. The incident took place on March 1, 2002, just two days after the Godhra train burning incident. Of the original…
भड़काऊ भाषणों में सबसे आगे कौन ? भड़काऊ भाषणों के खिलाफ हमारे अभियान से जुड़ें!
02-May-2018
एसोसिएशन ऑफ डेमोक्रेटिक रिफॉर्म्स (ADR) और नेशनल इलेक्शन वॉच (NEW) द्वारा एक रिपोर्ट जारी की गयी है, जिसके मुताबिक़ लोकसभा और राज्य विधानसभा के कई सदस्यों पर भड़काऊ भाषण इस्तेमाल करने का आरोप लगा है – इसमें सबसे आगे भाजपा है. भड़काऊ भाषणों के खिलाफ हमारे अभियान से जुड़ें: Understand what constitutes Hate Speech…
Hate Speech Rules the Day Join Our Campaign Against Hate Speech
29-Apr-2018
A report released on April 25, 2018 by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) says that the BJP leads the pack when it comes to members who have police complaints of hate speech filed against them. Join Our Campaign Against Hate Speech Understand what constitutes Hate Speech How Hate Builds
Naroda Patiya Case: Maya Kodnani acquitted, Babu Bajrangi’s conviction upheld Gujarat HC convicts total 15 people in Gujarat's worst massacre during post-Godhra carnage
20-Apr-2018
In a huge setback for those seeking justice in Gujarat carnage cases of 2002, the Gujarat High Court today acquitted Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya case. On August 29, 2012, Kodnani had been convicted by a special court for inciting mobs at Naroda Patiya to exact revenge for the Godhra train burning incident, and sentenced to 28 years in…
Growing Communalism in Jammu Concerned Citizens Group's disturbing findings
04-Apr-2018
The Concerned Citizens’ Group (CCG) visited Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year to take stock of how people are being affected due to increased cross-border firing and growing communalism. They travelled to the villages of Kapurpur, Bera, and Jeora Farm in Jammu (along the international border or IB), the village Ganiah on the LoC, as…
Hanged by Gaurakshaks, Denied Justice by the State Independent Investigation reveals how Jharkhand Police sabotaged lynching probe
02-Apr-2018
An independent investigation by journalist Ajit Sahi has brought to light several instances of police negligence and even outright sabotage in connection with investigations into the hanging of Mazloom Ansari (32) and Imtiaz Khan (12) in Latehar, Jharkhand in March 2016. The report titled Hanged by Gaurakshaks, Denied Justice by the State was released in New…
Watch how Jharkhand Police sabotaged the Latehar Lynching case Watch Live Video NOW!!!
02-Apr-2018
An independent investigation by journalist Ajit Sahi has brought to light several instances of police negligence and even outright sabotage in connection with investigations into the hanging of Mazloom Ansari (32) and Imtiaz Khan (12) in Latehar, Jharkhand in March 2016. Watch the live video of the report release here: Related: क्या…
क्या आपका कोई अपना गौरक्षकों का शिकार हुआ है? 12 साल के इम्तियाज़ के पिता से सुनिए कि आज उनकी हालत क्या है
02-Apr-2018
गौरक्षकों के हाथों मार कर पेड़ पर लटकाए गए 12 साल के इम्तियाज़ के पिता से सुनिए कि आज उनकी हालत क्या है. और इसपर भी विचार कीजिये कि हिंदुस्तान में कानून व्यवस्था है या नहीं. और क्या यही नए भारत के अच्छे दिनों का ट्रेलर है? Related: Lynched in India
Gautankwad: Beginning of the End? How a team of dedicated lawyers from Jharkhand secured justice in the Alimuddin Ansari lynching case
28-Mar-2018
A fast track court in Ramgarh sentenced 11 cow vigilantes including a local BJP leader to life imprisonment for lynching 45 year old coal trader Alimuddin Ansari. In this exclusive interview to CJP, Advocate Md Shadab Ansari explains the challenges of the trial. Q) Tell us a bit about your team and how you came…
Is state using Delay Tactics to Impede the March for Secularism? Communal Rath Yatra continues unabated
26-Mar-2018
The Peoples Platform Against Fascism (PPAF) has alleged that the state is using delay tactics in court to prevent the March for Secularism, a peaceful protest against a communal Rath Yatra, from taking place. PPAF had planned a 10 day March for Secularism as a protest against a 41 Rath Yatra, that passes through various election…
गौरक्षकों की गुंडागर्दी का किसानो पर क्या असर हो रहा है? अर्थव्यवस्था हुई अस्तव्यस्त
24-Mar-2018
गौरक्षा के नाम पर हिंदुत्व गुंडों की मनमानी का असर सिर्फ मुसलमानों और दलितों तक सिमित नहीं है – इसका असर अब भारत के गांव-कूचों में सदियों से चली आ रही अर्थव्यवस्था पर भी दिखाई दे रहा है. विडियो में किसान सभा के वरिष्ठ नेता और केरल के पूर्व विधायक पी कृष्णप्रसाद इस विषय पर…