Citizens for Justice and Peace
Crackdown on Activists Politically Motivated: Justice PB Sawant Those arrested had nothing to do with Elgaar Parishad says retired SC Judge
01-Sep-2018
Retired Supreme Court Justice PB Sawant calls out the government’s ploy to use the recent nationwide arrests of activists to divert attention from a huge Hindutva terror plot. In this interview with Teesta Setalvad, he also clarifies that the Elgaar Parishad was not funded by Maoists and had no Naxal links either.
The Truth about the Elgaar Parishad What was it and who organised it?
01-Sep-2018
On December 31, 2017 a fiercely passionate gathering of activists, former judges and political leaders proclaimed their commitment to fight the repressive economic, social and cultural policies of the Modi regime. This was the Elgar Parishad that preceded the gathering at Bhima Koregain on January 1, 2018 where Dalit families were attacked and assaulted by the ‘Sangh’…
EXCLUSIVE: I am a part of Society, I’m not a part of the State: Arundhati Roy Writer-Activist condemns recent arrests of activists, says crackdown on dissent is dangerous
01-Sep-2018
Never known to mince words, firebrand writer and fearless dissenter Arundhati Roy lays threadbare the state’s repressive agenda and it’s underlying motivation… the obsessive-compulsive desire to hold on to political power at all costs. In an exclusive interview to Teesta Setalvad, Roy talks about a variety of contemporary issues ranging from caste, mob lynching, demonetisation, rationalist thought,…
Mixture of Innocuous and Publicly Available Facts and Baseless Fabrication: Sudha Bharadwaj Activist-lawyer gives Fitting Reply to Fake Letter circulated by Pune Cops
01-Sep-2018
Decrying the willful campaign of misinformation launched by the State in a bid to justify the nationwide crackdown on human rights activists and dissenting voices, social activist and advocate Sudha Bharadwaj has hit back at the Pune Police for circulating a letter full of falsehoods. The said letter that was released to the press was…
Fr. Stan Swamy: The Jharkhand Priest who made People his Religion Human Rights Defender Profile
31-Aug-2018
On the morning of August 28 just as the people of Ranchi city were waking up to a clear sky after heavy downpours in the previous days, and preparing themselves for the day’s chores, they were taken aback by the abrupt raid on the home of Father Stan Swamy, one of the city’s prominent social…
आवाज़ दबाने वाले ख़ुद आवाज़ तले दब गए मानवाधिकार संरक्षकों की गिरफ़्तारी के बाद सोशल मीडिया पर छिड़ी हैशटैग की जंग!
31-Aug-2018
भीमा-कोरेगांव के दोषियों को सज़ा देने के बजाय, जो लोग पीड़ितों के अधिकार के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे हैं, उन्हें ही निशाना बनाते हुए, बेबुनियाद तानाशाही फ़रमान के तहत 28 अगस्त 2018 को देश भर के प्रमुख बुद्धिजीवियों, लेखकों, कवियों, और मानवाधिकार के संरक्षकों को मोदी सरकार ने गिरफ्तार करना शुरू कर दिया. जो शांतिप्रिय लोग हर प्रकार की हिंसा के विरुद्ध संघर्षरत…
My mother’s name is not even in the charge sheet: Koel Sen Koel Sen talks to CJP about the recent arrests
30-Aug-2018
Attending a press conference for the activists arrested on 28 August, Koel Sen, daughter of Shoma Sen speaks to CJP on the illegal arrest and about her mother, Professor Shoma Sen’s time in prison.
It is virtually an undeclared emergency: Mihir Desai Advocate Mihir Desai on the activists arrest
30-Aug-2018
Senior advocate Mihir Desai speaks on the state of undeclared emergency in India. Responding to the activists arrest, he said, “we can’t trust the police. As long as their masters are in their favor they are not bothered about the courts”.
Rights Groups come together to condemn Activists’ Arbitrary Arrests Issue statement calling for repeal of draconian UAPA
30-Aug-2018
More than 35 rights groups convened a press conference on Wednesday, August 29, condemning the arrests of prominent human rights activists in simultaneous multi-city raids on Tuesday, August 28. The organisations have issued a joint statement, saying that they “condemn the appalling state actions of reprisals against noted human rights activists and intellectuals, which are…
SC directs arrested Human Rights Activists be placed under House Arrest Relief for civil society even as institutional violence and state sponsored repression grows
30-Aug-2018
A Supreme Court bench presiding over the Bhima Koregaon case has directed that all five human rights activists arrested on August 28, 2018 as a part of a probe into the violence that took place in Bhima Koregaon on Janaury 1, 2018, be place on house arrest till the date of the next hearing. The bench…
It was as if I was a dreaded terrorist or a criminal: Dr Anand Teltumbde Dr Teltumbde's Statement on Nationwide Raids on Social Activists
30-Aug-2018
I had just woken up somewhat late, tired of late night arrival of the flight. Just saw missed calls from Prof Ajit Parulekar, who is a colleague and director of Goa Institute of Management where I work a Senior Professor and Chair, Big Data Analytics. He shocked me by informing that the Pune Police reached…
Dissent is Democracy’s Safety Valve Is the rule of law and democracy under threat in India?
29-Aug-2018
Why are the 5 activists being hounded? Why is such a concerted campaign being run all around against them? What are the real issues that lie behind these chilling developments? Isn’t India’s democracy under threat? Watch this video to find out.
Shocking! How the Pune Police tried to whisk away Sudha Bhardawaj Advocate Vrinda Grover tells us the facts
29-Aug-2018
The Pune Police tried to thwart the High Court Order and forcibly detained human rights defender Sudha Bhardawaj. Watch this video to know all the facts.
EXCLUSIVE: How Pune Police violated the Law on Seizure and Raid PART-2: Analysis of procedural lapses during nationwide raids on activists on August 28, 2018
29-Aug-2018
In law, the Search warrant, and raid, is an extreme step warranted only and if only when non-cooperation is seen or observed and the correct and proper course of action would have been for the agencies to search. To search and raid a premise is to humiliate and ostracise the victim and that is what…
Sudha Bharadwaj’s Remarkable Journey: From Trade Unionist and Lawyer to ‘Urban Naxal’ Human Rights Defender Profile
29-Aug-2018
Sudha Bharadwaj, born in 1961, has been associated with the trade union movement in Chhattisgarh for more than 25 years. She is the general secretary of the Chhattisgarh unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), and a member of Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS). After living and working in Bilaspur for several years,…