Citizens for Justice and Peace
What really happened at Bhima Koregaon? Narrative of Elgar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon manipulated to disguise incendiary role of supremacists
06-Jul-2021
It was the site outside the Brahmanical city of Pune, the capital of the cruel Peshwai empire[1], at Koregaon, that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, as a young lawyer battling caste discrimination, visited in 1927. Since then, come January 1, every year, over 90 years, and hundreds of thousands of Dalit-Bahujans come here in collective celebration of…
Jailed Father Stan Swamy dies ahead of his bail hearing His health started deteriorating soon after his incarceration
05-Jul-2021
Father Stan Swamy, the 84-year-old Tribal activist who had been battling for his life since May and put on ventilator support at the Holy Family Hospital, Bombay, breathed his last around 1.14 P.M on July 5. Before starting to hear his plea for medical bail at around 2:30 P.M, Father Stan’s lawyer, Senior Advocate Mihir…
Fr Stan Swamy’s institutional murder CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad calls out everyone involved
05-Jul-2021
Poor health conditions in Taloja prison amidst a raging Covid-19 pandemic, lies fabricated by the authorities (valiant efforts by the Jesuit-Human Rights Community and advocates like Mihir Desai and Krithika notwithstanding), form the vicious cycle witnessed closely by some of us in the tragic case of our beloved Father Stan Swamy (and other fellow inmates)…
CJP writes to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray seeking release of BK-15 Unhygienic, inadequate infrastructure in jails threatens their health
17-May-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), dedicated to its movement of upholding and defending the freedom and constitutional rights of all Indians, has written to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray, urging him to recommend releasing the 15 accused on interim bail to the high-power committee. After learning about some harrowing accounts of…
Hany Babu tests Covid positive, eye infection gets worse Sign CJP's petition to free Hany Babu NOW!
15-May-2021
Bhima Koregaon-accused Hany Babu, in custody sans-trial since July 2020, was diagnosed as Covid-19 positive on May 13, 2021. The news came shortly after reports of the professor suffering a dire eye infection in Taloja jail. His wife Dr Jenny Rowena learnt about Hany Babu’s illness at around 7:30 PM at J. J. Hospital in…
Indian courts and Medical Bail NIA court denied Father Stan medical bail on March 22
01-Apr-2021
The Special NIA court rejected Father Stan Swamy’s bail plea on grounds that “he was not only the member of banned organisation CPI (Maoist) but was also carrying out activities to further the objective of the organisation which is nothing but to overthrow the democracy of the nation.” The NIA had initially sought 20 days…
Heroes without Capes: Human Rights Defenders Rightscast, CJP's podcast series is out now!
24-Feb-2021
CJP launched a campaign in solidarity with our human rights defenders whose basic rights are being infringed upon by the state. It is a call for strengthening dissent. Know more about the campaign at https://cjp.org.in/human-rights-defenders/ Podcast · Heroes without Capes: Human Rights Defenders
Facing the Fanatics: Gauri Lankesh remembered Teesta Setalvad, Arundhati Roy and Kavita Lankesh discuss the slain journalist’s legacy
29-Jan-2021
On the eve of Gauri Lankesh’s 59th birth anniversary, filmmaker Kavita Lankesh, who is also Gauri’s sister unveiled a booklet of her poems about her formidable sister. The booklet titled Akka is a compilation of Kavita Lankesh’s poems in Gauri’s memory and was compiled and produced by CJP. “I keep wondering what would she have said,…
Fact-finding team’ alleges police brutality on tribals in Kaimur district of Bihar globalbihari.com
26-Oct-2020
New Delhi: Alleged firing by the Bihar police on peacefully protesting Adivasis in Adhaura Block, Kaimur District on September 11, 2019 had led a four-member team from New Delhi to conduct a detailed fact-finding around the incident. The fact-finding team consisted of Amir Sherwani Khan (All India Union of Forest Working People), Matadayal from (All…
Fact-finding report demands action against officials who fired on protesting Adivasis in Kaimur samachar-news.com
26-Oct-2020
The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday presented a fact-finding report on the firing on the Kaimur Adivasis of Bihar, and demanded the prosecution of officials and dropping of false cases filed against the Adivasis. A press release by three non-governmental organisations alleged that the police…
बिहार में आदिवासियों पर गोली चली,झूठे केस दर्ज: फैक्ट-फाइंडिंग टीम The Quint - Hindi
26-Oct-2020
क्या है पूरा मामला? बिहार के कैमूर जिले के अधौरा ब्लॉक में 11 सितंबर को वन विभाग के ऑफिस में प्रदर्शन कर रहे आदिवासियों पर पुलिस ने गोली चलाई थी. चार सदस्यों की एक फैक्ट-फाइंडिंग टीम ने 23 से 27 सितंबर के बीच अधौरा में आदिवासी समुदाय के लोगों से बातचीत की और पूरे…
108 tribal villages to boycott Bihar polls over ‘police crackdown’ Indian Express
26-Oct-2020
The protests were led by Kaimur Mukti Morcha (KMM), which alleged that 25 activists from the area were arrested on false charges. The villagers accused the Forest Depertemt of forceful evictions and bulldozing of crops, despite a Supreme Court stay on evictions. (File/Representational)One hundred and eight tribal villages of the Kaimur plateau in Bihar, have…
AIUFWP, CJP, DSG organizes online press conference Siasat.com
26-Oct-2020
New Delhi: All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP), Citizens for Justice & Peace (CJP) and Delhi Solidarity Group (DSG) will organize online press conference on 23rd October 2020 at 3 p.m. Fact-Finding Report will be released by Ms Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) and patron, AIDWA. Zoom link Zoom Link for the…
Police Fired on, Framed Adivasi Protestors in Bihar’s Kaimur: Fact-Finding Team The Wire
26-Oct-2020
Forest department officials at Adhaura block of Kaimur allegedly opened fire against the demonstarors on September 11 when they had tried to air their grievances over the violations of the Forest Rights Act. New Delhi: Civil society organisations have demanded a judicial enquiry into an incident of assault and police firing on Adivasi demonstrators in…
Fact-finding report demands action against officials who fired on protesting Adivasis in Kaimur Scroll.in
26-Oct-2020
A press release by three NGOs alleged that the police fired on peacefully protesting Adivasis in Kaimur district of Bihar on September 11, injuring seven. The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday presented a fact-finding report on the firing on the Kaimur Adivasis of Bihar, and…