Citizens for Justice and Peace
NGO moves Apex Court, seeks transfer of probe into Hathras incident to CBI Deccan Chronicle
09-Oct-2020
The Uttar Pradesh government, which filed an affidavit in the case this week, also urged the top court to order CBI probe into the incident 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…
Senior cops, politicians ‘underplaying the heinous offence and prejudging issue’: Teesta Setalvad’s CJP in SC National Herald
09-Oct-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), led by Teesta Setalvad, has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court in the Hathras case The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed an intervention application before the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the Hathras case. Among other prayers, the CJP has urged the Court…
हाथरस कांड: तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ पहुंचीं SC, रात में अंत्येष्टि की स्वतंत्र जांच की मांग aajtak.in
09-Oct-2020
तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ के नेतृत्व वाली सिटीजन्स फॉर जस्टिस एंड पीस ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में याचिका दाखिल की है. इस याचिका में शीर्ष अदालत से पीड़ित के अंतिम संस्कार की स्वतंत्र जांच कराने की अपील की गई है. हाथरस गैंगरेप केस में पीड़िता का देर रात किए गए अंतिम संस्कार की निष्पक्ष जांच की मांग की…
Proto-fascism and State impunity in Majoritarian India: An Interview with Teesta Setalvad Jindal Global Law Review
31-Jul-2020
This interview with Teesta Setalvad was conducted in the wake of the February 2020 anti-Muslim violence in North East Delhi. Drawing on her vast experience as a human rights activist, journalist, and peace educator, Setalvad’s responses map the continuum — across years, anti-minority pogroms and ruling parties with divergent ideologies — of the cultures of hate,…
Archive of reports by Justice Hosbet Suresh released Citizens for Justice and Peace brings it out on the occasion of his birth anniversary - The Hindu
21-Jul-2020
An archive of reports of tribunals and public hearings by the late Justice Hosbet Suresh in his post-retirement years was released by Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) on his birth anniversary on Monday. In a statement, CJP said: “Justice Hosbet Suresh, legal luminary and a stalwart of human rights jurisprudence, continues to live on…
Allow postal ballot for migrant workers, rights groups tell EC Their memorandum points out that migrant workers are often unable to cast their votes as they are away from their home State - The Hindu
21-Jul-2020
The facility of postal ballots should be extended to migrant workers, a group of civil rights organisations have said in a letter to Election Commission (EC). The Citizens for Justice and Peace, Lok Shakti Abhiyan, Bangla Sanskriti Manch, All India Union of Forest Working People and the Bharatiya Nagrik Adhikar Suraksha Manch have pointed out…
Plea to allow postal ballot: Only 31% of 10 crore ‘long distance’ migrants able to vote Counterview
21-Jul-2020
Several civil rights groups have represented to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to declare migrant labourers as ‘notified electors’ in order to give them the right to cast their vote through the postal ballot. They have regretted that “the attendant ills of hegemony, money power in politics, class, caste and community interests” have overshadowed…
चुनाव आयोग को खुला पत्र: ‘प्रवासी मज़दूरों को भी मिले डाक से मतदान का अधिकार’ मीडिया विजिल
21-Jul-2020
मशहूर सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड ने चुनाव आयोग के नाम एक खुला पत्र जारी किया है। उन्होने बताया है कि सिटीज़न फ़ार जस्टिस एंड पीस की ओर से भारतीय निर्वाचन आयोग को ज्ञापन भेजकर प्रवासी मज़दूरों को भी डाक के जरिये मतदान का अधिकार देने की मांग की गयी है। कहा गया है कि आयोग…
CJP ने लिखा चुनाव आयोग को खुला पत्र, कहा- प्रवासियों की जिंदगी भी रखती है मायने Janchowk
21-Jul-2020
तीस्ता सेतलवाड़, “आम नागरिक और लोकतांत्रिक शासन की सफलता में अपार विश्वास की बदौलत ही इस असेंबली ने वयस्क मताधिकार के सिद्धांत को अपनाया है। इस सभा का इस बात में पूरा विश्वास है कि वयस्क मताधिकार के जरिये एक लोकतांत्रिक सरकार की स्थापना से देश में जागरुकता और बेहतरी आएगी। लोगों का जीवन स्तर…
Election Commission Urged to Grant Postal Ballot Rights to Migrant Labourers Rights groups have said migrant workers are excluded from the “basic constitutional right” of voting only because they are “away from home” I The Wire
21-Jul-2020
Five civil rights groups, working in the area of access to rights and justice, have submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission urging it to provide migrant labourers the right to cast their vote through the postal ballot. They have said by doing so, the poll panel would be “taking a step towards a more…