Citizens for Justice and Peace
NRC Assam: Detention Camps cut food ration for detainees of over three years CJP helps those in detention camps for over 3 years to secure release even as a hostile administration denies them fair nutrition
13-Feb-2020
People who have been in Assam’s detention camps for over three years were given some relief in May 2019 when the Supreme Court directed that those who have spent more than three years in captivity be set free subject to certain conditions which included personal bond of Rs 1,00,000. This was during the course of…
NRC anxiety allegedly leads to one more suicide in Assam Fayjal Hoque from Barpeta becomes latest victim of institutional murder by a heartless State
01-Feb-2020
In yet another instance of what are being dubbed institutional murders, 42 year old Fayjal Hoque allegedly took his life, unable to cope with anxiety and anguish related to the National Register of Citizens. Hoque was an urban labourer and was found dead at his home in Kodomtola in Barpeta district. He had allegedly committed…
Assam woman declared foreigner due to discrepancy in father’s name Gauhati HC upholds FT judgment
21-Jan-2020
This is the story of Khairan Nessa a.k.a Moyran Nessa, a woman from Assam who was declared foreigner when an FT ruled that she was not the daughter of her ‘projected’ father. Her troubles began way back in 1998 when a case was registered against her under the provisions of the (now scrapped) IMDT Act.…
How dangerous is the CAA + NRC? Educate, Discuss and Protest the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, NPR and NRC.
02-Jan-2020
Related: Why the CAA must be opposed, because it discriminates Advocate Mihir Desai’s point by point rebuttal of the GOI’s FAQ on CAA/ NPR-NRC NPR-NRC – FAQs