26-Mar-2024 Allahabad HC: Repeated rejection of police protection pleas of interfaith couples, here’s why this is problematic Interfaith couples and those without marriage registration proof in UP find themselves without constitutional rights recourse
22-Mar-2024 Supreme Court sets clear guidelines for dealing with habeas corpus pleas From ensuring privacy, safe environment and acknowledging social stigma to immediate hearing and interim relief
21-Mar-2024 Frequently asked Questions: Understanding the Citizenship Crisis in Assam Common queries regarding the Assam citizenship conundrum
20-Mar-2024 Muslim man assaulted for asking for donations in Noida, journalist beaten by traffic cops Hate crimes persist across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat: Noida assault, Badaun double murder, Gujarat journalist beaten
20-Mar-2024 Was Australia actually Astralaya & did Indian yogis ever build the Baalbek Temple in Lebanon? Competing claims about Australian and Lebanese history have been reportedly made by spiritual figures, some known across the globe. One by Sadhguru’s organisation Isha, and the other by Sri Sri Ravi Sankar, both spiritual gurus have over millions of followers on their social media.
19-Mar-2024 Were the Mughals anti-Hindu? Did their alleged bigotry lead them to destroy temples in Azerbaijan? Did ‘Anti-Hindu Mughals’ destroy Azerbaijan’s Parsi and Hindu temple, does the claim check out? Let’s have a look as Citizens for Peace and Justice busts these myths for you.
19-Mar-2024 Hate crime committed against foreign students in Gujarat University Foreign students attacked in GU, rooms and motorcycles vandalised over namaz row
18-Mar-2024 Mosques defaced in March after spate of hate speeches provoking the crime weeks before 3 separate incidents of vandalism and defacement of Mosques since January after three hate speeches calling for demolition of Mosques
18-Mar-2024 Jignesh Mevani and 29 others acquitted in Ahmedabad rail roko case P N Goswami acquitts Dalit leader Mevani and others after finding inconsistencies in the prosecution’s claims
15-Mar-2024 From Punjab to Lakshadweep: Heart-warming stories of everyday unity and harmony Diverse communities across India unite for harmony: Interfaith events from West Bengal to Punjab, Lakshadweep to Tamil Nadu
14-Mar-2024 US Court: Seattle ban on caste-based discrimination upheld, claim that it’s an infringement of Hindu religious practice” or discriminatory rejected Seattle’s ban on caste-based discrimination was recently affirmed by a constitutional US court in an order of March 8, giving a huge push forward against caste based discrimination; Court rejected as flimsy the Plaintiff’s arguments of whether the ban against caste discrimination was an “infringement of Hindu religious practice” or :discriminatory” in any way
14-Mar-2024 Escalating violence sparks concerns as attacks targeting Christians surge in Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh sees Christian community protest as the Bajrang Dal continues to accuse them of religious conversion
11-Mar-2024 SBI fails to comply in the electoral bond scheme case despite SC Ruling Judgement Primer: Electoral Bonds Scheme of 2017
09-Mar-2024 Women’s protests against sexual violence continue as institutions bend to power In the past 15 months, women have risen in significant numbers to protest against sexual violence and harassment they have experienced, whether in Manipur, among women wrestlers, students of BHU, or in Sandeshkhali.
08-Mar-2024 The women of CJP: Resilient and resolute in their mission to advocate for the rights of all and counter prejudice On International Women’s Day, we at CJP salute all our women team members working towards inclusivity, tolerance and access to justice