Citizens for Justice and Peace
NGO’s NRC-related work recognised The CJP’s work has found recognised in the form of the 6th eNGO challenge Certificate of Recognition- The Telegraph
04-Feb-2020
Teesta Setalvad, who is the co-founder of CJP, with the award Telegraph picture Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), a pan-India NGO, has won the eNGO Challenge 2019-2020 for extending help and support to the people of Assam during the NRC process. The Mumbai-based NGO, headed by activist Teesta Setalvad, through its voluntary ground-level…
Good response to CJP’s NPR meeting in Mumbai Dadar area Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) in action
01-Feb-2020
Mumbai : On January 31st 2020, CJP’s Teesta Setalvad spoke at a meeting on the NPR-NRC issue. The meeting was organised at Church of Our Lady of Salvation, popularly referred to as Portuguese Church, located in Dadar. Around 100 people attended meeting. Discussion and Solutions were done on NPR issue. The audience consisted of eminent…
37 Hindu Rashtra Sena members held for disrupting meeting against CAA, NRC in Kothrud The activists gathered without any permission at Gandhi Maidan and raised slogans against the event and the organisers. The activists indulged in an unlawful assembly and violated the Bombay Police Act, 1951, (Maharashtra) Section 37 (1) (3) - Hindustan Times
01-Feb-2020
The meeting which was addressed by Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar and human rights activist Teesta Setalvad titled ‘Non-violent people’s movement against CAA, NRC and NPR’ was held in Kothrud on Thursday on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary.(HT/PHOTO) The Kothrud police on Friday arrested 37 members of the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) for…
Revisting the 2002 Sardarpura and Ode Massacres for Which the Convicts Just Got Bail The Narendra Modi-led state government's failure to probe the massacre of 58 Muslims led the Supreme Court to assign the cases to a Special Investigation Team. But now, the court has released the killers on bail and prescribed "social service". - The Wire
01-Feb-2020
2002 Gujarat riots. Photo: Reuters/Files Jaipur: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to 17 convicts in the 2002 Sardarpura massacre and 14 convicts in the Ode village massacre, who had appealed against the high court order upholding their conviction. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde ordered the convicts to undertake social service while…
Heavy police deployment for anti-CAA meeting in Pune The Hindu
31-Jan-2020
Women gather in large numbers at an anti-CAA protest near Baburao Sanas ground in Pune on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Jignesh Mistry Two major public meetings involving politicians and noted civil society activists protesting the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) were held in the city on Thursday evening under the shadow…
‘Black Acts’: Urmila compares CAA 2019 to Rowlatt Act 1919 at meet The Indian Express
31-Jan-2020
Actress Urmila Matondkar at a public meeting against CAA, NRC and NPR, organised by Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Samidhi at Gandhi Bhavan. (Express photo: Arul Horizon) ACTRESS Urmila Matondkar on Thursday compared the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to the Rowlatt Act of 1919 at a public meeting called ‘Non-violent people’s movement against CAA, National Register of…
Activists unhappy with SC order to grant bail to convicts in Sardarpura massacre case “People are asking what does justice mean,” said rights activist Fr. Cedric Prakash- The Week
28-Jan-2020
Even as the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to 17 convicts in the Sardarpura massacre case, the survivors continue to live in terror. More than 20 Muslim families continue to reside in Satnagar, about 20km away from Sardarpura in north Gujarat after the ill-fated day when 33 persons were burnt alive in 2002. More…
Sea of Tricolour as Shaheen Bagh celebrates R-Day The Indian Express
27-Jan-2020
Shaheen Bagh, Republic Day, Shaheen Bagh republic day celebration, Shaheen Bagh womens protest, delhi news, india news, indian express news Hundreds of people gathered at the protest site. (Photo: Abhinav Saha) Amid chants of “samvidhan ki raksha, desh ki raksha”, the national flag was hoisted at Shaheen Bagh by the mothers of Rohith Vemula and…
Activist, Delhi students join CAA protesters at Mumbra Hindustan Times
23-Jan-2020
Since Monday, men and women have gathered at Mumbra at the ground opposite Mumbra fire station, protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register. Various socio-political organisations came together for the sit-in protest in Mumbra. The police had given them permission for a three-day protest. The protesters are planning…
Before CAA, string of government orders made it impossible for Muslim migrants to get Indian citizenship The Times of India
22-Jan-2020
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: Even as protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act rage across India, a review of government orders (GO) by TOI shows that the government has been steadily placing hurdles in the way of Muslims seeking Indian citizenship since December 2014. The most significant GO is the October 22, 2018 amendment to the Passport (Entry into…
Mumbai: CAA protest enters day 2 – ‘Want to create another Shaheen Bagh’ The Indian Express
22-Jan-2020
Mumbai CAA protest, Shaheen Bagh, citizenship amendment act, mumbai news, maharashtra news, indian express news. Police gave permission for a three-day protest. (Express photo) Hundreds of men and women on Monday started a sit-in protest in Mumbra against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). While police…
Fear & loathing Local people were angry in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 because they felt betrayed: Jean Drèze- The Telegraph
21-Jan-2020
Economist Jean DrèzeTelegraph file picture Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was the culmination of a long history of deceit of the people of Kashmir that was further complicated by the imposition of black laws like the AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act). Economist Jean Drèze said this while speaking at…
Ranchi: Shaheen Bagh-like protest near Haj House The Times of India
21-Jan-2020
RANCHI: Encouraged by the ongoing all-women protest at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi since December 15, women in Ranchi, mostly Muslim and clad in burqa and dupatta, began their indefinite dharna against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) near the Haj House here on Monday. The protesters under the banner of ‘We the people of India’ started…
Imminent danger Seminar outlines why the document-driven citizenship push is needless, & the tragedy of Kashmir- The Telegraph
21-Jan-2020
Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad, NGO worker from Dumka Bitiya Murmu and economist-activist Jean Drèze at the seminar in Ranchi on MondayPictures by Manob Chowdhary. The Citizenship Act 1955 was amended before but the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, has for the first time given a religious turn aimed at segregating a particular community. The…
Independent inquiry sought into JNU attack – The Telegraph The WGHR is a network of human rights groups in India
10-Jan-2020
(A policeman chases students during a protest march in New Delhi on Thursday – AP photo) The Working Group on Human Rights (WGHR) has sought a “prompt, independent, impartial and thorough inquiry” into the assault on students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday. The WGHR and the United Nations have strongly condemned the…