Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP Grassroots Fellow helps Jharkhand migrant worker get pending wages Mohd. Ripon Sheikh helped a young mason by taking his plea to higher authorities
24-Nov-2021
Migrant workers in India face severe exploitation at the hands of contractors, a sad reality that became worse during the Covid-19 pandemic. One such migrant worker, Mirchand Sheikh, a mason, did not receive his meagre wages for as long as three months. To help him assert his right to dues, CJP Fellow Mohd. Ripon Sheikh helped…
CJP Impact: WB gov’t confirms Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian citizenship CJP had helped secure his release from an Assam detention centre
22-Sep-2021
In some heart-warming news, the West Bengal government has confirmed the Indian citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik, a man who had left Bankura a decade ago to look for a job in Assam, but instead found himself behind bars at the Goalpara Detention Centre. CJP had helped secure his release on conditional bail and our team…
Guilty till proven Innocent! heraldgoa.in
22-Sep-2021
One of the basic principles of the criminal justice system is that the benefit of doubt must always be extended in favour of the accused — 1000 culprits can escape, but not even 1 innocent should be punished. Also the United Nations had incorporated the principle — Innocent till proven guilty — in its Declaration…
Bengal government confirms Indian citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik The Telegraph
19-Sep-2021
The migrant worker was kept for over three years in a detention centre in Assam after he was declared a ‘foreigner’ A team of Bengal government officials visited Radhanagar village in Bankura on Friday and confirmed the Indian citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik, who was kept for over three years in a detention centre in Assam…
Foreigner! Bankura youth in Assam jail for 4 years Anandabazar Patrika
19-Sep-2021
Gangadhar Pramanik, a young man from Bishnupur in Bankura, went to Assam in the hope of finding a way to earn a living. Didn’t get job, got imprisonment instead! In 2017, the Assam Border Branch police sent Gangadhar’s name to the foreigners tribunal as a suspicious foreigner. Gangadhar could not have imagined that he would…
Bankura youth in Assam jail for 4 years! Anandabazar Patrika
17-Sep-2021
গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিক কোনও একটা রোজগারের উপায় বেরোবে এই আশায় অসমে পাড়ি দিয়েছিলেন বাঁকুড়ার বিষ্ণুপুরের যুবক গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিক। কাজ জোটেনি, বদলে জোটে কারাবাস! ২০১৭ সালে অসমের সীমান্ত শাখার পুলিশ গঙ্গাধরের নাম সন্দেহজনক বিদেশি হিসেবে ফরেনার্স ট্রাইবুনালে পাঠায়। নিজের দেশের মধ্যেই পড়শি রাজ্যে যে তাঁকে হঠাৎ ‘বাংলাদেশি’ হিসাবে কাঠগড়ায় তোলা হবে ভাবতে পারেননি গঙ্গাধর। তাই সঙ্গে রাখেননি…
CJP Helped Gangadhar To Meet His Mother After Spending 4-years In Detention Centre In Assam Sentinel Assam
17-Sep-2021
Gangadhar said that when he reached Guwahati, a person has offered him a job, food, and shelter. A 23-year old person who is a resident of West Bengal and was declared a foreigner by Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and put him behind the bars in Goalpara detention camp finally released and met with his family.…
Bengal worker’s plight at a ‘transit camp’ in Assam The Telegraph
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar carries with him a harrowing preview of the fate that awaits people when citizenship regimens are enforced in a country with poor documentation record Gangadhar Pramanik (left) with his mother Bharati at their Bankura home, along with officials of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), on Wednesday Telegraph picture Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his…
Back from citizenship ‘hellhole’: West Bengal worker’s plight at ‘transit camp’ in Assam greatbengaltoday.com
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar carries with him a harrowing preview of the fate that awaits people when citizenship regimens are enforced in a country with poor documentation record Snehamoy Chakraborty, Umanand Jaiswal: Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his home in Bengal on Wednesday from a detention camp in Assam, carrying with him a harrowing sneak preview of the probable…
Citizenship Trauma: Ganga Reaches Home After Years In Assam Detention Centre assampress.com
16-Sep-2021
Guwahati: Almost a decade later, Gangadhar Pramanik from West Bengal who was declared foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and put behind bar at the Goalpara detention centre, finally reunited with his family in Bankura recently. The then 23-year-old Gangadhar had left his home in search of work. Lived in abject poverty and…
Citizenship Trauma: Gangad reaches home after years in Assam Detention Centre time8.in
16-Sep-2021
“My son Ganga is back,” his mother cried as hugged and held him as he reached his family. Gangadhar with his mother and CJP officials | CJP Guwahati: Almost a decade later, Gangadhar Pramanik from West Bengal who was declared foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and put behind bar at the Goalpara detention…
Bengal worker’s plight at ‘transit camp’ in Assam reportic.in
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his home in Bengal on Wednesday from a detention camp in Assam, carrying with him a harrowing sneak preview of the probable fate that awaits countless people when citizenship regimens are enforced blindly in a country with a poor documentation record. Gangadhar, 33, had left his remote village in Bankura in…
“This is my son… My Ganga is back!” CJP reunites Gangadhar Pramanik with his mother
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar Pramanik, a man from west Bengal who was declared foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and thrown behind bars at the Goalpara detention centre, was finally reunited with his family in Bankura. His mother Bharati, could not believe her eyes as she saw her son for the first time in nearly 10 years.…
নিজের দেশেই বিদেশী ঘোষিত বিষ্ণুপুরের গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিক, চার বছর অসমের জেলে কাটিয়ে সিজেপির তৎপরতায় ফিরলেন বাড়ি। bankura24x7.com
16-Sep-2021
গঙ্গাধরের কাছে ভোটার কার্ড, আধার কার্ডের আসল কপি ছিল না।নথির পাশাপাশি নাগরিক হিসেবে নিজেকে জাহির করতে সাক্ষীও লাগে ট্রাইবুনালে। গঙ্গাধরের পক্ষে সাক্ষী জোগাড় করাও সম্ভব হয়ে ওঠেনি। তাই ট্রাইবুনালের একতরফা রায়ে গঙ্গাধর বিদেশি হিসেবেই ঘোষিত হন। ফলে তার ঠাঁই হয় ডিটেনশন শিবিরে। বাঁকুড়া২৪X৭প্রতিবেদন : কাজের খোঁজে বাঁকুড়ার বিষ্ণুপুরের রাধানগর গ্রাম থেকে অসমে পাড়ি দিয়েছিলেন গঙ্গাধর…
Why Criminalized? Deepak Seeking Answer in Detention camp Samoyik Prasanga
25-Aug-2021
45 years Deepak Deb son of Dhirendra Deb, migrated to Assam as a laborer from Nadiapar village, came to Assam about fifteen years ago. Deepak is a burning example of what’s going on in Assam in the name of citizenship. He started working at the Guwahati Railway station canteen. He would also sell tea on…