Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bihar Cops Open Fire on Kaimur Adivasis Demanding Forest Rights thecitizen.in
26-Oct-2020
When Suvash Singh – hailing from Kharwar Adivasi Community of Kaimur District in Bihar – helped in mobilising thousands of tribals on September 11, 2020 against the Forest Department officials, little did he know what lay ahead. Along with teaching Philosophy at a State College in Darbhanga, Suvash had been vociferously fighting for the Rights…
Police Fired on, Framed Adivasi Protestors in Bihar’s Kaimur: Fact-Finding Team The Wire
26-Oct-2020
Forest department officials at Adhaura block of Kaimur allegedly opened fire against the demonstarors on September 11 when they had tried to air their grievances over the violations of the Forest Rights Act. New Delhi: Civil society organisations have demanded a judicial enquiry into an incident of assault and police firing on Adivasi demonstrators in…
Fact-finding report demands action against officials who fired on protesting Adivasis in Kaimur Scroll.in
26-Oct-2020
A press release by three NGOs alleged that the police fired on peacefully protesting Adivasis in Kaimur district of Bihar on September 11, injuring seven. The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday presented a fact-finding report on the firing on the Kaimur Adivasis of Bihar, and…
Teesta Setalvad’s Citizens For Justice And Peace Moves SC Seeking Intervention In Hathras Case, Seeks Witness Protection And SC Monitored Probe livelaw.in
09-Oct-2020
Teesta Setalvad’s Citizens for Justice and Peace, has moved the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the PIL for SIT/ CBI investigation into the Hathras case. The organization has submitted that it has experience in working with the victims who were threatened and intimidated by the State in the past, and therefore it is in a…
Hathras case: Teesta Setalvad moves SC for court-monitored CBI probe siasat.com
09-Oct-2020
New Delhi: Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad led Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has approached the Supreme Court to transfer the Hathras case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ensure proper witness protection is accorded in the case. The plea said that there are senior police officials and elected representatives who were “underplaying”…
Hathras rape case: Teesta Setalvad’s NGO files witness protection plea in Supreme Court The Telegraph
09-Oct-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace, the outfit run by the prominent Gujarat-based activist, has sought transfer of the trial to Delhi Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), an NGO, on Thursday filed an intervention application before the Supreme Court in the Hathras gang-rape-and-murder case, urging it to ensure proper protection to witnesses and transfer of…
Hathras case: Activist moves SC for monitored CBI probe, witness protection Business Standard
09-Oct-2020
Activist Teesta Setalvad has approached the Supreme Court to transfer the Hathras case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ensure proper witness protection is accorded in the case Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad led Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has approached the Supreme Court to transfer the Hathras case to the Central Bureau of…
NGO moves SC, seeks transfer of probe into Hathras rape case to CBI The New Indian Express
09-Oct-2020
The applicant, Citizens for Justice and Peace, has raised certain aspects in its application like witness protection, rights of deceased. NEW DELHI: An NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking to transfer the investigation in the Hathras incident, in which a Dalit girl was allegedly raped and died of injuries, to the CBI. The NGO, which…
Hathras gangrape: Teesta Setalvad moves SC, accuses UP cops of complicity Hindustan Times
09-Oct-2020
The Supreme Court has termed the incident “horrific” and asked the state government to highlight steps taken to provide protection to the woman’s family and witnesses in the case Social activist Teesta Setalvad has accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of “complicity” in shielding the men accused of gangraping and fatally assaulting a 19-year-old Dalit woman…
NGO moves SC, seeks transfer of probe into Hathras incident to CBI outlookindia.com
09-Oct-2020
An NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking to transfer the investigation in the Hathras incident, in which a Dalit girl was allegedly raped and died of injuries, to the CBI. The NGO, which has sought to intervene and assist the apex court in the pending plea on Hathras incident, said it has the experience…