Citizens for Justice and Peace
Former SC, HC justices, advocates, activists, litterateurs oppose CAB, seek support Counterview
09-Dec-2019
Several top citizens, including former judges, advocates, litterateurs and activists have sought support for their statement opposing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019, and proposed all-India National Register of Citizens (NRC). To be released on December 10, those who support it have been asked to endorse it end in to cjpindia@gmail.com or here. Called…
CAB Introduced in Lok Sabha, 1500+ Artists and Scientists Urge Govt to Withdraw lt and NRC Lok Sabha agrees to debate the bill by 293 votes to 82
09-Dec-2019
NEW DELHI: The government introduced the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha today with 293 MPs in support and 82 MPs opposing it on the grounds that it violates numerous fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, particularly the right to equality before the law in Article 14. Amid large protests, mostly in the northeastern states,…
CAB anti-Constitutional: Setalvad Human rights activist says Bill will discriminate people
09-Dec-2019
Kerala: The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are against the principles of Indian Constitution, human rights activist Teesta Setalvad has said. Addressing a conference on ‘Independence of Plurality’ organised by the Secular Forum on the eve of International Human Rights Day here on Monday, she said the Bill would discriminate…
Seminar on National Register of Citizenship held in the city The Times of India
08-Dec-2019
(Image – The Times of India) Pune: Teesta Setalvad, an Indian civil rights activist and journalist was the key speaker at the recent seminar based on National Register of Citizenship which was held in the city recently. The event took place in the Assembly Hall of Azam Campus in the presence of Dr P A…
Activist Teesta Setalvad slams Modi government’s NRC move at press conference in Pune Setalvad said that through the National Register of Citizens, the government is targeting the most marginalised communities like tribals, Dalits and other minorities
08-Dec-2019
Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi regime is creating fear among the common people in the name of National Register of Citizens (NRC). She said that through the National Register of Citizens, the government is targeting the most marginalised communities like tribals, Dalits and other minorities. She was addressing…
NRC, NPR के खिलाफ TeestaSetalvad मीरारोड में On Record Mira Bhayandar
30-Nov-2019
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NRC सिर्फ Muslims को नहीं सभी धर्म के लोगों को प्रभावित करेगा | Teesta Setalvad | City Headlines News
30-Nov-2019
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NAPM holds human chain in Puri The Pioneer
25-Nov-2019
On the second day of its convention, the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) made a human chain along the sea beach here on Sunday, spreading messages to save natural resources from destruction by human intervention. As many as 500 activists joined the chain. Banners and posters held by the activists imprinted dialogues such as…
Time to Save Constitution, Secularism and Unity, Say Activists at NAPM National Convention The Wire
24-Nov-2019
Image – Activists at the NAPM Convention Puri: India faces serious political, social, economic, cultural and ideological crises and the party in power at the Centre and its affiliated organisations want to change the secular fabric of the country. Progressive individuals and groups must rise to the occasion to confront the challenges that these trying…
Activists vow to resist forces threatening democracy The Pioneer
24-Nov-2019
A three-day national convention of the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) began on Saturday here with power-packed presentations by numerous activists and movement leaders from across the country, who spoke in unison in defence of democracy. They said India’s democracy is under grave threat from fascists and corporates. About 40 representatives of diverse movements…
BJP diluting progressive laws, claim activists The Hindu
23-Nov-2019
Expression of solidarity: Activists were also concerned about the state of the judicial system. (Photo: Special Arrangement) Activists on Saturday expressed concerns over the alleged dilution of progressive laws and throttling of the people’s movements under the BJP government. They called for a sustained campaign to safeguard individual liberty and preserving the multi-cultural and multi-religious…
‘The clock is ticking’: race to save 2 million from statelessness in Assam A team of volunteer paralegals is fighting to stop Indians without proof of citizenship being sent to detention camps
20-Nov-2019
(Anyone not on the government’s National Register of Citizens faces losing their citizenship unless they successfully appeal. Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP) When she was one, Suro Devi was rescued by a sewer cleaner from a rubbish dump in Assam, northeast India. When the state of Assam started a massive exercise to register its citizens in 2015, Suro Devi…
Politicians must stand up against NRC: Teesta Setalvad Deccan Chronicle
30-Oct-2019
Activist Teesta Setalvad speaks on the National Register of Citizens at an event in the city on Tuesday. (Photo: DC) Ms Setalvad said it was very difficult for people to appeal against exclusion from final NRC in Assam published on August 31, 2019. Hyderabad: Speaking in the city on Tuesday on the ongoing National Register of…