Citizens for Justice and Peace
TERROR HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY UNLEASHED ON JNU, LEST WE FORGET THE DISAPPEARANCE OF YOUNG NAJEEB, AND SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE By Teesta Setalvad - The Kashmir Times
09-Jan-2020
Do the young particularly frighten this regime? Yes if we recall the death of Rohith Vemula (Jan 17, 2016) the brute attack on Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid (February-March 2016,again in 2018), the bloody attack and disappearance of young Najeeb (went missing on October 15, 2016) and the countless criminal cases filed against young students…
100 organisations against CAA to unite under one banner – The Hindu Plan series of nationwide protests from January 3
31-Dec-2019
(Joint action: (From left) Medha Patkar, Ganesh Devy, Yogendra Yadav and Kavita Krishnan at a meeting against CAA and NRC in Mumbai on Monday. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini) Nearly 100 organisations from across the country have decided to fight the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens…
CAA heralds ‘Hindu Rashtra’: senior lawyer – The Hindu Seminar held as part of 13th national meet of AILU
28-Dec-2019
(Senior lawyer Indira Jaising with former MP P. Rajeev at the 13th national conference of the All India Lawyers’ Union in Kochi on Saturday. Activist Teesta Setalvad is seen. | Photo Credit: KS Praveenkumar,Chief PhotoJournalist) The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is a piece of legislation that heralds the ‘Hindu Rashtra’, said senior lawyer Indira Jaising…
CJP in Action: CJP moves NHRC against police excesses in Daryaganj The Commission has registered the complaint that retells the horrors of the night when 18 minors were detained
28-Dec-2019
CJP took note of this abhorrent incident in Delhi in which 8 minors were detained by the Daryaganj Police station and were reportedly stripped below the waist and beaten with lathis and belts. An email was first sent in order to lodge a complaint at the earliest detailing how the detained minors were beaten and how…
Teesta Setalvad addresses massive crowd on CAA, NPR-NRC – The Siasat Daily "We will resist every action that seeks to tamper with our constitution"
27-Dec-2019
New Delhi: CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad addressed a massive crowd in August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai on Thursday, where people had gathered to protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. She spoke about the unconstitutionality of the act and the powers that be and the possible outcome of Nationwide NPR-NRC based on CJP’s extensive groundwork in the Assam…
Against new Citizenship law: 94-year-old freedom fighter to lead protest in Mumbai on Dec 19 On December 19, Parikh will lead the Girgaum protest along with activist Teesta Setalvad, author Dolphy D’Souza, former IAS Kannan Gopinathan, IPS Abdur Rahman and lawyer Mihir Desai, among others.
17-Dec-2019
NINETY FOUR-YEAR-OLD FREEDOM fighter G G Parikh will lead a large-scale protest against the new citizenship law on December 19 at Girgaum Chowpatty, in which several organisations, students and political parties will also take part. The protest is a part of agitations planned across India. On Monday, at least 20 social organisations met and called…
The Ground Truth Project Teesta Setalvad quoted in interview on Exploiting Religion in India
15-Dec-2019
Soumya Shankar from the GroundTruth Project quotes civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad on the eventuality of the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.
Ground zero: CAB, NPR, NRC is a boiling alphabet soup That is what we have been subjected to so often on December 9, as the Citizen’s Amendment Bill (CAB) was driven through Parliament
15-Dec-2019
Reading earlier this week about a woman incarcerated in one of the six detention centres in Assam for the last three years and a half, while questions of her citizenship were decided by a Foreigner’s Tribunal, somehow brought home to me the horror that is upon this country of 130 crore people, a favourite number…
Regarding Citizenship Bill, director Anurag Kashyap says: “The result of voting…” Newstrack Live
14-Dec-2019
Producer-director Anurag Kashyap is best known for his outspoken nature. Whether social media or any other public platform, Anurag Kashyap is seen voicing his opinion. Currently, due to this, many times he also has to face trolling. Anurag Kashyap has so far been openly questioning many works of the Modi government. He has now given…
Citizenship Bill strips people of basic rights: human rights experts Human rights experts emphasise need to build pressure against the Bill from both outside and within country
13-Dec-2019
Prominent human rights and civil liberties groups condemned the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) on Thursday, saying it violates the key provisions of the Constitution, such as equality, right to life and non-discrimination. Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad from the Citizens for Justice and Peace said, “Being a citizen gives a person the…
‘CAB will worsen economic crisis’ Hindustan Times
13-Dec-2019
A day after the Rajya Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, activists in the city addressed the media saying that the bill ignores India’s historical role as a country which provides refuge to people those seeking asylum. Teesta Setalvad, a civil rights activist, said CAB and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) being…
Citizenship Amendment Bill: ‘Against basic fiber of Constitution, turns India into theocratic state’ Yahoo News
13-Dec-2019
Teesta Setalvad and Mihir Desai address press conference at Mumbai Press Club on Thursday. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar) A DAY after Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha, human rights activists on Thursday condemned it stating that the Bill was discriminatory and violated key provisions of the Constitution, including the right to…
Stand up for the constitution #Scrap CAB 2019 #NoNRC The Siasat Daily
13-Dec-2019
New Delhi: Citizenship has been defined as the right to have rights. Citizenship in India is based on the non-negotiable principles of equality and non-discrimination. India, when it became Independent (1947) and thereafter when it firmly rooted itself in an inclusive and composite nationhood, in 1950, accepted that people of all faiths, creeds, castes, languages and…
‘Shreds India’s Inclusive Vision’: 800 More Intellectuals, Activists Oppose Citizenship Amendment Bill The opposition to the draft law by intellectuals and civil society is increasing as the bill awaits passage in Rajya Sabha.
10-Dec-2019
More than 600 intellectuals, including writers, filmmakers and academicians published a statement on Tuesday opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, saying it will alter the “character of the Indian republic”. Another group of over 200 intellectuals and civil society members also wrote a letter of opposition against the Bill. This comes a day after over 1000…
Withdraw discriminatory, divisive Citizenship Amendment Bill: Artistes, writers, ex-judges to Centre About 600 artists, writers, academicians, ex-judges and former bureaucrats asked the Narendra Modi-led government to withdraw the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, terming it is "discriminatory, divisive", and violative of the secular principles enshrined in the Constitution.
10-Dec-2019
About 600 artists, writers, academicians, ex-judges and former bureaucrats asked the Narendra Modi-led government to withdraw the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, terming it is “discriminatory, divisive”, and violative of the secular principles enshrined in the Constitution. In an open letter, they asserted that the legislation will fundamentally alter the character of the Indian Republic and threatens…