Citizens for Justice and Peace
भारतीय संवैधानिक क़ानून और दर्शन वैधानिक सवाल क्या है?
03-Jan-2022
सम्पादकीय नोट : न्याय एक एकीकृत अवधारणा है। इसलिए, संस्थागत स्तर पर हम एक पूर्व मुख्य न्यायाधीश के खिलाफ यौन उत्पीड़न के आरोपों से जुड़े मामले में न्याय करने के लिए न्यायालय की विफलता को स्वीकार किए बगैर सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के निर्णयों पर चर्चा नहीं कर सकते हैं। इसलिए जबतक कि भविष्य में कोई भौतिक…
CJP strengthens commitment to our fellow Indians in Assam in 2021 More people released from detention centres, important legal interventions made
03-Jan-2022
In 2021, CJP achieved some important milestones in our programme to defend the rights of our fellow Indians in Assam. Not the least of these was helping as many as 16 more people secure bail and get released from various detention centres across the state. This takes the tally, since we began such crucial interventions…
Here’s what CJP achieved in 2021 CJP's truly unique achievements this year
27-Dec-2021
As we entered 2021 along with challenges posed by a raging pandemic and related hurdles, CJP managed to overcome all of those and achieve some truly unique milestones along the way. Let’s take a look at the year gone by. Related: CJP in 2021: New milestones achieved CJP Impact: WB gov’t confirms Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian…
CJP helps two brothers get released from Assam Detention Centre Mahiruddin and Mainuddin released after four months of hard work
09-Dec-2021
For the team at Citizens for Justice and Peace, our mission in Assam to protect and defend the rights of all Indians, also has another important goal… that of reuniting families. In this endeavour we have another tradition of honouring the bond of brothers. In March 2020, we helped secure the release of brothers Abdur Rashid…
Here’s how CJP helped release the 49th inmate from Assam’s detention camps Watch the story of Mojibor Sheikh, who was jailed in the Goalpara Detention Camp
01-Dec-2021
On November 15, CJP succeeded in reuniting Mojibor Sheikh, a daily wage labourer from Chirang, with his family after securing his release from the Goalpara Detention Centre in Assam. He had spent two years jailed in the detention camp. Watch his story here. To Support our work in Assam, visit here. Related: Victory! Mojibor Sheikh…
CJP comes to the aid of Assam beggar served FT notice Name already included in NRC; impoverished family now traumatised unnecessarily
22-Nov-2021
During CJP’s journey so far, helping Indian citizens in Assam, we have seen many instances of people from socio-economically weak backgrounds facing greater challenges in defending their citizenship. But recently we came across the case of Shukur Ali, a man who begs for a living, and is now expected to defend his citizenship. This despite…
असम की कलह फ्रंटलाइन में प्रकाशित तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ के लेख का हिंदी अनुवाद
20-Nov-2021
भाजपा के नेतृत्व वाली सरकार द्वारा हाल ही में असम में ‘अतिक्रमणकारियों’ के नाम पर मुसलमानों को बेदख़ल करने का काम और उन्हें मताधिकार से वंचित करने का काम किया जा रहा है। यह मुसलमानों को बाहर निकालने और उन पर व्यवस्थित तरीके से हिंसा करने के इरादे को उजागर करता है। 28 वर्षीय मोइनुल…
Gauhati HC extends interim protection to Gulbhanu Begum FT declared her a foreigner because authorities had recorded her father’s name incorrectly
18-Nov-2021
In yet another victory for Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), the Gauhati High Court has issued notice in connection with our petition on behalf of Gulbhanu Begum who was declared foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) in Bongaigaon, Assam. She has now been granted interim protection. Gubhanu Begum is a resident of Patkata Pt-II…
Another Assam man released from Detention Camp with CJP’s help Mojibor Sheikh becomes the 47th inmate to be released from the Detention Camp
17-Nov-2021
On November 15, CJP helped Mojibor Sheikh, a daily wage labourer from Chirang, get released from the Goalpara Detention Camp in Assam, on conditional bail. He had been locked up for two years. Mojibor is the 47th person to be released from the detention camp with CJP’s direct intervention. Help us help more inmates suffering…
Victory! Mojibor Sheikh released from Assam Detention Centre with CJP’s help CJP had been working on his case since September
16-Nov-2021
On November 15, CJP finally succeeded in reuniting Mojibor Sheikh with his family after securing his release from the Goalpara Detention Centre in Assam. Sheikh, a daily wage labourer from Shaljhora village that falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaligaon police station in the Chirang district of Assam, had been declared foreigner and thrown behind bars…
Have somehow kept the kitchen fires burning: Wife of Assam man declared foreigner Mojibor Sheikh’s family struggle financially as they await his return from detention centre
11-Nov-2021
In our bid to help our fellow Indian citizens in Assam, CJP is now working towards securing conditional bail for Mojibor Sheikh of Shaljhora village that falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaligaon police station in the Chirang district of Assam. Sheikh was declared foreigner by the Kajalgaon-Chirang on Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT Case No. 335/2010MKCR/ID and IM(D)T…
Assam firing : CJP moves HC for justice We have filed two separate writ petitions in the Gauhati High Court
03-Nov-2021
On September 23rd. two residents of Dhalpur were killed by police firing during an eviction drive targetting a minority muslim community in Assam. One of them, Maynal Haque, was protesting against the evictions but 12-year-old teenager Shaikh Farid had nothing to do with the protests. The entire community is homeless now, some mourning the loss…
Bankura administration confirms Gangadhar’s name on poll roll The Telegraph
23-Oct-2021
Officials said they did all formalities, including submission of electoral forms along with voter identity cards of his parents and land papers Gangadhar Pramanik. File photo Snehamoy Chakraborty | Calcutta | Published 22.10.21, 03:44 AM The Bankura district administration on Thursday confirmed Gangadhar Pramanik’s name on the electoral roll, the process completed within a month of the 33-year-old migrant…
Victory! WB gov’t includes Gangadhar Pramanik’s name in electoral roll CJP had helped get him released from an Assam detention centre
22-Oct-2021
The West Bengal government has included Gangadhar Pramanik’s name in the electoral rolls of his home district of Bankura. The move comes a month after a team of Bengal government officials, led by Anup Kumar Dutta, sub-divisional officer (Bishnupur, Bankura) visited Pramanik’s home in Radhanagar village on September 17, and confirmed his Indian citizenship. CJP…
Purnima Biswas: I couldn’t bid my husband a proper goodbye Part of CJP’s Stories from Assam series
20-Sep-2021
In many of the cases the CJP team has handled in Assam, the lives of detention centre inmates change significantly by the time they are released. Many go back to empty homes and memories of loved ones who have passed. The story of Purnima Biswas too, had a bittersweet ending. The 58-year-old Biswas hails from…