Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP comes to the aid of suicide survivor-turned-detention camp inmate Fazar Ali had jumped into the Brahmaputra, and the cops arrested him from the hospital!
09-Aug-2021
The tragic story of Fazar Ali might have a happy ending. The distraught man, unable to cope with the trauma of being declared foreigner, had attempted suicide by jumping into the Brahmaputra. But though he was rescued, police nabbed him from the hospital. Now, CJP is helping him secure conditional bail in line with judgments…
Seje Bala Ghosh: Freedom fighter’s daughter asked to prove that she’s Indian! Part of CJP’s Stories from Assam series
07-Aug-2021
Each case that we encounter in Assam, around the ongoing citizenship crisis, has its own human angle and a shocking twist; an administrative dis-regard for document-related discrepancies, an absence of rationality or even basic common sense. Several shocking displays, then, of sheer institutional apathy. But none shook us more than what happened to Seje Bala…
Parbati Das: Grandma not “Ghuspethia” Part of CJP’s Stories from Assam series
02-Aug-2021
During our work, upholding and defending the rights of our fellow Indians in Assam, we came across many instances of unlettered housewives, even elderly women, being victimised by a document-dependent system that fails to take into account ground realities in rural India. 73-year-old Parbati Das was thrown into a detention camp because she had no…
Over-reach, rules Gauhati HC sends case back to Foreigner Tribunal The order declaring Golapi Begum foreigner was set aside and the petitioner was protected
23-Jul-2021
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order of Foreigners Tribunal, Baksa, Assam declaring an individual to be foreigner, holding that the Tribunal had acted beyond its jurisdiction. The bench of Justices N Kotiswar Singh and Soumitra Saikia held that the Tribunal had acted beyond the reference made by the Superintendent of Police and…
91-year-old Assam woman declared D Voter, served notice to prove her Indian Citizenship Inside NE
03-Jul-2021
91-year-old Moyna Barman, who was declared a doubtful voter (D Voter) in the year 2007, has served notice to appear before a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) to prove her ‘citizenship’ of India. According to Barman, she lived in the riverine regions of Dhubri district along the Indo-Bangladesh border area all her life. She informed that she…
After spending two years in detention camp, elderly woman finally released Way2Barak
16-Jun-2021
Despite being an Indian citizen, Shanti Basfore was released after spending two years in a detention camp. Despite having all kinds of documents, this woman in her sixties became an illegal citizen. After 2 years and 29 days, she returned home with the help of Citizens for Justice & Peace. Shanti is a resident of…
Joykrishna released from detention camp due to daughter’s persistence Bartalipi
16-Jun-2021
For COVID, using as a weapon of Supreme Court and Gauhati High Court’s order, Joykrishna Paul has been released from the Goalpara Detention camp after two years. Citizens For Justice and Peace (CJP) has rendered the helping hands to the family in this case. However, 21 years Monalisa Paul, daughter of Joykrishna Paul has taken…
TV and Social Media news coverage of Shanti Basfore Pratidin Time, North East Bulletin, Ishan News, Ishan News Digital, DPeoples Time, DNews, Times 30, Sky News Assam
15-Jun-2021
Pratidin Time https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=466818121072961 Northeast Bulletin:- https://www.facebook.com/nebulletin/videos/413070626323301/ Ishan News Digital:- https://www.facebook.com/103551101127944/videos/234964748394685/ Ishan News:- https://www.facebook.com/newsishan/videos/318477023186904/ dPEOPLEs Time:- https://www.facebook.com/dPEOPLEsTIME/videos/3885816484862038/ D News:- https://fb.watch/5X3KaHAUFi/ Times30:- https://www.facebook.com/100010618784453/posts/1439893499707929/ Sky News Assam:- https://www.facebook.com/assamskynews/videos/3409465675823762/
Assam gov’t gets a headstart on CAA, even as protests persist Assam has resisted CAA since its inception for being antithetical to the provisions of the Assam Accord
12-Jun-2021
On March 19, Political Department, Dispur, Guwahati issued a notice directing the Commissioner of Police, Kamrup, Superintendent of Police and Foreigners Registration Officers to display on their website provisions of The Citizenship Act relating to grant of Indian citizenship to migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the time of granting Long Term Visa (LTV). …
Breaking the curse! Shanti-Doyjan return from detention camp Bartalipi
12-Jun-2021
Despite being an Indian citizen, 60-year-old Shanti Basfore and 42-year-old Doyjan Bibi were detained in the detention camp. They had to stay in detention camps for more than two years due to poverty and the unilateral verdict of the Foreigners Tribunal. Despite having all the documents and evidence as Indian citizens, they have been imprisoned…
Dhubri’s another woman detained in Kokrajhar Detention Camp for 2 years Dhubri Buzz
08-Jun-2021
Shanti Basfore, a 60-years-old woman who belongs to a small Dalit Community in Assam, was detained in Kokrajhar jail cum detention centre, 2 years ago. She is a resident of Ramraikuti, Pt-2 village that falls under the jurisdiction of Agomani police station in Dhubri district. Her home is located only half a kilometer away from…
Amala Das returned home after spending two years and four days in detention camp Bartalipi
17-May-2021
Detention camps will be demolished if we come to power. And those Bangladeshis who are here, they should be ready to go to the other side. This is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during the 2014 election campaign. His party has come to power twice in a row. Far from demolishing detention camps, the…
It’s the need of hour to accept the NRC with some errors Niyamiya Barta
26-Apr-2021
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the result of the non stop process of the last decade. Though it has some errors, it’s not completely wrong. Therefore, the Assam Public Works (APW) main petitioner, who filed petition regarding the updation of NRC has urged to accept the NRC which has been published under the…
Chorus grows to defend voting rights of Migrant Workers Association for Democratic Rights holds webinar; CJP had launched campaign in July 2020
22-Jan-2021
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) held a webinar on Thursday bringing together activists and Human Rights groups to draw attention to migrant labourers’ right to vote and how it is often violated under the present system. Speakers included three former Chief Election Commissioner Dr. SY Quraishi, Dr. Nasim Zaidi and OP Rawat, as well…
*Gopesh died leaving his wife Amla in a detention camp* Bartalipi (Shilchor, Assam)
21-Dec-2020
It’s been a year since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed, But the Bangladeshis who have been declared foreigners in Assam are dying day after day to get citizenship under it. Two days ago, 104-year-old Chandradhar Das of Barak Valley died, wearing a foreign badge. He was counting down the days to apply for citizenship…