18-May-2020
Abdul Khalek, a man who had been arrested by the Jorhat Border Police from Mariani on suspicions of being a ‘foreigner’ in 2015, had lost all hope of ever stepping out of his detention camp. But with CJP’s help, not only did he walk out on bail on May 13, he was also able to…
15-May-2020
On Wednesday, May 13, CJP helped Purnima Biswas and Harimohan Barman, step out of Assam’s infamous detention camps and reunite with their families. So far, we have helped 25 such people across the state secure release from detention camps in Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Jorhat and Tezpur. Here’s a closer look at their cases. Now that the…
13-May-2020
In yet another moment of victory, CJP team in Assam has helped secure the release of three more inmates living in detention camps. For years, the detainees had been languishing in the many detention camps around Assam. On May 11th, they were released from the camps, after persistent efforts by CJP team over the past…
06-May-2020
48-year-old Zubeida Khatoon from Manipurtup village, who was coming to terms with her husband’s death when the police picked her up and produced her before a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT). The FT rejected the documents she submitted and sent her to the Jorhat detention camp, where she spent five years, leaving behind her then seven year…
05-May-2020
CJP ने राज्य के विभिन्न डिटेंशन कैंपों में बंद 9 लोगों को रिहा कराया। ये लोग अपने परिवार से मिलने की आशा में बहुत खुश हुए, यह CJP की एक बड़ी उपलब्धि है। असम की मदद करने मे हमारा साथ दीजिए। अधिक जानने के लिए यह वीडियो देखें। Related: CJP steps in to defend citizenship…
03-May-2020
देखिये असम के छह जिलों के युवा अभिप्रेरकों और CJP टीम असम के स्टेट कोऑर्डिनेटर Zamser Ali के साथ CJP सेक्रेटरी Teesta Setalvad की राउंड टेबल बैठक। Related: Victory! CJP helps secure release of 9 Detention Camp inmates in Assam The night Parbati came home CJP against Hunger: Team Assam goes that extra mile to…
01-May-2020
48-year-old Zubeida Khatoon was just about coming to terms with her husband’s death when the police picked her up and produced her before a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT). When the FT rejected the documents she submitted and sent her to a detention camp, Zubeida didn’t expect anyone to help her out of her misery. She only…
24-Apr-2020
Across India, especially in its Eastern parts, the homecoming of goddess Durga is celebrated with much enthusiasm by Bengali Hindus as the annual Durga Puja festival. One of the 108 avatars of the goddess is named Parvati often pronounced Parbati in these parts. So, when 73-year-old Parbati Das came back home from a detention camp…
23-Apr-2020
In a huge victory for nine inmates of Assam’s infamous detention camps, CJP has managed to secure their conditional release allowing them to go home to their families. The inmates hail from Chirang and Bongaigaon districts and were lodged in detention camps in Kokrajhar and Goalpara. They were released on April 22. CJP Assam state…
20-Apr-2020
Lalit Thakur, a barber by profession, has been jailed in the Goalpara detention camp of Assam, since October 2016. His identity documents were burnt in the ethnic- communal clashes between indigenous Bodos and Bengali speaking people of Assam in 2012. He went on to live in a relief camp with his family after the clashes.…
17-Apr-2020
In a submission made before the Assam Assembly on July 29, 2019, Chandra Mohan Patowary, Minister of Industry and Transportation, revealed that as many as ten new detention centers are being planned across Assam, though the central government was yet to green-light the project. The submission was in response to a series of questions raised…
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…
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…
23-Mar-2020
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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…