Citizens for Justice and Peace
Gujarat Lags Behind 14 States in Tribal Land Redistribution: Eklavya Sanghatan Tribals given pieces of paper with little legal value
28-Mar-2018
A report released by Eklavya Sangathan, a Gujarat-based tribal rights organization, claims that Gujarat lags behind as many as 14 other states in ensuring that its tribal people get rights to forest land. The report is based on information released by the Government of India’s Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), that showcases the achievements of 20 states.…
आदिवासियों और वनवासियों के साथ फिर हुआ धोखा मोदी शासन के वनीकरण नियमों के चलते प्रतिपूरक वनीकरण निधि विधेयक वन-निवास समुदायों के वैधानिक अधिकारों का उल्लंघन करता है
23-Mar-2018
ऑल इंडिया फोरम फ़ॉर फ़ॉरेस्ट मूवमेंट्स (एआईएफएफएम) के प्रवीण मोटे और देवजीत नंदी और कम्युनिटी फारेस्ट राइट्स – लर्निंग एंड एडवोकेसी(सीएफआर-एलए) से तुषार दास, संघमित्रा दुबे और राधिका ने यह पर्यावरण मंत्रालय, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन, भारत सरकार, के लिए प्रतिपूरक वनीकरण निधि विधेयक, 2018 का ड्राफ्ट पेश किया है. यहाँ पर हमने उस ड्राफ्ट…
भगतसिंह के शहादत दिवस पर AIUFWP की वनाधिकार रैली मार्च २३ को राबर्टसगंज से सोनभद्र तक सामुदायिक वन संसाधनो पर दावे के लिए रैली होगी
17-Mar-2018
२३ मार्च को शहीद-ए – आज़म भगतसिंह के शहादत दिवस पर अखिल भारतीय वन जन श्रमजीवी यूनियन ने आदिवासियों के अधिकार के लिए आग्रह करने के लिए एक भव्य पदयात्रा तथा प्रदर्शन का आयोजन किया है। निम्नलिखित पत्र में AIUFWP ने अपनी मांगों की घोषणा की है। साथियों , जैसा कि आपको मालूम है कि वनाधिकार कानून को…
Adivasis and Forest Dwellers get a Raw Deal yet again with Modi regime’s Afforestation Rules The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act violates statutory rights of forest-dwelling communities
13-Mar-2018
This is the full text of the note prepared for submission to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India, by Pravin Mote and Devjeet Nandi of the All India Forum for Forest Movements (AIFFM), and Tushar Dash, Sanghamitra Dubey and Radhika of the Community Forest Rights -Learning & Advocacy (CFR-LA) on…
Justice for Arjun Kashyap Father Sulo moves Chhattisgarh High Court
02-Feb-2018
Sulo Kashyap, father of Arjun Kashyap who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Bastar, Chhattisgarh in August, 2016, has moved the Chhattisgarh High Court praying for an independent judicial inquiry into the cold-blooded murder of his son. He is also demanding disciplinary proceedings against the errant officers, compensation to the family of the…
POSCO False Cases : Support CJP’s Campaign Sign our Online Petition to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik today!
13-Jan-2018
Many Adivasis in Odisha, who are trying to protect their land, forests and water resources from corporate houses that threaten not just their way of life but also the delicate ecology of the region, are being booked under false cases and thrown in jail. We have written a letter to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to intervene and immediately…
Join CJP’s campaign to quash False Cases against Adivasis in Odisha Sign petition to CM Naveen Patnaik NOW!
11-Jan-2018
CJP is focusing its resources in helping Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) being targeted with false cases for fighting from the ground, to negotiate the Indian legal system and continue the good fight. Battling False and Mala-fide cases in the Courts is a Special Focus Action Area of CJP. CJP has been following up the developments…
Hope In The Face of State Apathy Indramal Bai’s institutional murder and subsequent events
12-Dec-2017
In the face of the allegedly blatant prevarications of the Madhya Pradesh police and multiple attempts to cover up the suicide of Indramal Bai, a Pardhi community woman and the daily atrocities committed on the community, the kith and kin of Indramal and activist groups in Bhopal pledge to take the fight of this most…
The Nowhere Women A deep dive into the plight of women, especially widows from the Wadar community
10-Dec-2017
The Wadar community, that has traditionally engaged in digging and excavation related work, was originally a nomadic tribe till they began to settle on the peripheries of large cities like Mumbai. Of late, the Nomadic and De notified tribe (NT-DNT) has been marginalised and faces multiple challenges. When viewed from the intersectional lens, the woes…
Sonebhadra’s Daughter Sukalo Human Rights Defender Profile
07-Dec-2017
This is the story of Sukalo Gond, an adivasi woman who refused to back down and continues to fight for the rights of her people despite all odds, even today. Sukalo is an important force in the struggle for implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in the Sonebhadra, a heavily forested region in Uttar Pradesh. Adivasis…
Roma: Unbowed, Unbroken, Unbent Human Rights Defender Profile
06-Dec-2017
Roma Malik is known for working closely with the forest dwelling communities in Uttar Pradesh. She is also known for liasing with local authorities and the judicial system to bring to force, a just framework for the enforcement and implementation of forest rights of the indigenous people of India. She is the leading figure of…
Beautiful Damaged People A poem by Adivasi Rights Activist, Abhay Xaxa
30-Nov-2017
In the following poem, Adivasi rights activist Abhay Xaxa captures the essence of age old adivasi traditions and their struggle for their rights and dignity. Among the doom and gloom they smile, Mistaken for idiots by the mad rational world. The Adivasis, beautifully damaged people! On the treasures of iron, gold and diamond they sit,…
Justice for the Incarcerated Tribals of Jharkand PIL against fake FIRs and false cases against Adivasis
30-Nov-2017
The petition filed by Stan Swamy and others, after a detailed fact finding in Jharkand seeks to enforce the fundamental right to speedy trials of the ignorant and deprived members of the indigenous / downtrodden communities from the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes and other backward classes of Jharkhand facing trials in the courts. Over…
जल, जंगल और ज़मीन के लिए शांतिपूर्ण संघर्ष सोनभद्र के आदिवासी और उनकी न्याय व अस्मिता की लड़ाई
28-Nov-2017
2017 के सितम्बर महीने में, सम्मानित मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता, पत्रकार और शिक्षाविद् तीस्ता सेतलवाड़, न्यायमूर्ति पी.बी. सावंत और न्यायमूर्ति कोल्से पाटिल ने, उत्तर प्रदेश (यूपी) जिला सोनभद्र जिले के लोदी गांव के जिलाधिकारी श्री प्रमोद कुमार उपाध्याय को एक पत्र लिखा था जिसमें आग्रह किया गया था कि पुलिस और प्रशासन के वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों को प्रशासन…
Reclaiming Land through Peaceful Struggles Adivasis in Sonbhadra and their Quest for Justice and Identity
26-Nov-2017
In September 2017, Justice P B Sawant, Justice Kolse Patil and human rights activist, journalist and educationist Teesta Setalvad wrote a letter to the District Magistrate, Pramod Kumar Upadhyay of the Lodhi village in district Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh (UP) urging that senior officers of the police and administration look into all the alleged false and…