Citizens for Justice and Peace
Latehar Lynching Case: All 8 accused found Guilty! Justice in second major lynching case in Jharkhand, sentencing on December 20
19-Dec-2018
In a body blow to mobocracy and cow vigilantism, a Jharkhand court has convicted all 8 accused in the Latehar lynching case. This is the second time the court has convicted people in a lynching case, the first being the cold blooded and coordinated killing of coal trader Alimuddin Ansari. On March 18, 2016, 32…
नफरत फैला कर जेब भरने वाला एक और हिंदुत्ववादी CJP Hate Watch
18-Dec-2018
CJP Hate Watch प्रस्तुत करता है दीपक शर्मा नाम के एक हिंदुत्व के सिपाही का सच। सोशल मीडिया में सरेआम नफरत बेच कर निजी फायदा करने वाले दीपक शर्मा अकेले नहीं है। वे चल रहे हैं हिंदुत्व के उन सेनापतिओं के दिखाए पथ पर जिन्होंने अल्पसंख़्यकों के ख़िलाफ नफरत फैला कर अपने राजनैतिक करियर खड़े…
1984 Sikh Genocide: Justice Delayed, but not Denied Sajjan Kumar convicted, sentenced to Life Imprisonment
17-Dec-2018
The Delhi High Court has held Congress leader and former MP Sajjan Kumar guilty for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court found him guilty of offences of murder, promoting enmity between groups and defiling public property. The court overturned a 2013 acquittal by a lower court and asked…
What is the Ram Temple Really about? Teesta Setalvad presents a ready reckoner on what the Ram Temple movement really is
06-Dec-2018
As the 2019 general election approaches, the ghosts of 1992 are back on India’s streets. There seems to be a well organized clamor for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, in clear defiance of the Supreme Court. And so, for the many who do not know what the original Ram Temple movement is and…
SC defers hearing on Zakia Jafri’s plea till Nov 26 Daily Excelsior
20-Nov-2018
NEW DELHI, Nov 19: The Supreme Court Monday deferred till November 26 hearing on the plea of Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Narendra Modi, who was then Gujarat Chief Minister, in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots. Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who…
Gujarat riots: Supreme Court to hear Zakia plea on November 26 The Indian Express
20-Nov-2018
Appearing for the SIT, senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi said the matter had already been decided by the trial court and HC. He also questioned social activist Teesta Setalvad being a co-petitioner. The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till November 26 the hearing on a plea by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri,…
SC to hear on Nov 26 Zakia’s plea against clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots Business Standard
19-Nov-2018
The Supreme Court Monday deferred till November 26 the hearing on a plea filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with 2002 riots in Gujarat when he was the chief minister. Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has…
Top Court Defers Zakia Jafri’s Plea Hearing In Gujarat Riots Till Monday NDTV
19-Nov-2018
2002 Gujarat Riots Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for SIT said Zakia’s plea was not maintainable and social activist Teesta Seetalvad cannot be the second petitioner NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today deferred till November 26 hearing on the plea of Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Narendra…
ઝકિયા જાફરી : નરેન્દ્ર મોદી કે બીજા કોઈને માફ કરી દેવાનો સવાલ જ નથી બીબીસી ગુજરાતી
19-Nov-2018
સુપ્રીમ કોર્ટમાં ઝકિયા જાફરી દ્વારા ફાઇલ કરવામાં આવેલી પિટિશન ઉપર સોમવારે સુનાવણી થઈ, જે 26મી નવેમ્બર પર મોકૂફ રાખવામાં આવી છે. કોંગ્રેસના પૂર્વ સાંસદ અહેસાન જાફરીનાં વિધવા ઝકિયાએ 2002ના ગોધરા રમખાણોના કેસમાં વડા પ્રધાન નરેન્દ્ર મોદીને ક્લિનચીટ આપવાના મામલે આ અરજી કરી છે. 80 વર્ષનાં ઝકિયા જાફરીની સ્પેશિયલ લિવ પિટિશન (એસએલપી) પર જસ્ટિસ એ. એમ.…
2002 Gujarat Riots: SC defers hearing in challenge to clean chit to PM Narendra Modi Bar and Bench
19-Nov-2018
The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing in the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in relation to the Gujarat Riots of 2002, to November 26. Zakia Jafri is the wife of former Congress MP Ehshan Jafri, who was killed in the infamous Gulbarg Society Massacre…
Zakia Jafri Case: Bringing the High and Mighty to Justice CJP works alongside Zakia Jafri in a mammoth litigation
19-Nov-2018
The Zakia Jafri case is a unique and unprecedented litigation that attempts to pin responsibility for the Gujarat 2002 carnage on the people who were in power at the time… people who failed to prevent the spread of violence, and may have done so deliberately. Often confused with the Gulberg Society case, mainly due to…
Gujarat riots: The journey of the Zakia Jafri case The Telegraph
18-Nov-2018
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up on November 19 (Monday) a petition filed by Zakia Jafri, the widow of slain former MP Ahsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given to Narendra Modi, the then chief minister, and others by a special investigation team (SIT) in a massacre during the riots of 2002 in…
Zakia Jafri’s Case is a Reminder of How the Guilty of Gujarat Subverted the Law The Wire
18-Nov-2018
On Monday, the Supreme Court will consider her appeal against the closure report of the SIT – which ignored all evidence to the contrary and decided the large-scale violence in the state was not the product of a criminal conspiracy. “Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the…
Amnesty rescinds honour awarded to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi
16-Nov-2018
Amnesty International has stripped Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, BBC reported. She was awarded the prize in 2009, while she was under house arrest. In a letter, Amnesty Secretary General Kumi Naidoo wrote, “We are profoundly dismayed that you no longer represent a symbol of…
“Larger conspiracy” on build up to 2002 Gujarat riots: SC to hear “fresh” evidence Counterview
16-Nov-2018
The Special Leave Petition (SLP) of Zakia Jafri — widow of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed on February 28, 2002, the day on which Gujarat riots killing more than 1000 persons began — has been placed for hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday, November 19. SLP challenges the order of the…