Citizens for Justice and Peace
University of British Columbia Confers Honorary Degree on Activist Teesta Setalvad “Teesta Setalvad is a civil rights activist, author and award-winning journalist in India who played a prominent role in the campaign for justice for the victims of the 2002 massacre of close to 2,000 Muslims in the state of Gujarat,” a part of the citation read - The Wire
24-Jun-2020
Activist Teesta Setalvad is among 17 people from across the globe who will be awarded an honorary degree by the University of British Columbia in Canada. According to the university’s citation, it considered Setalvad’s continued effort to fight for justice for the victims of the Gujarat riots in 2002. “Teesta Setalvad is a civil rights activist,…
Minority rights activist Teesta Setalvad gets reputed Honorary Doctorate from University of British Columbia She is among 10 prominent personalities from the world set to receive the honour in 2020 - National Herald
22-Jun-2020
Prominent social activist and minority rights crusader Teesta Setalvad is among 10 prominent personalities from the world set to receive the prestigious Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada in 2020. The activist was supposed to be present at a ceremony at Vancouver in the end of May to physically receive…
Justice Hosbet Suresh believed and practised tenets of equity and fairness all his life Will Justice Suresh be remembered because with men (and women) like him on the bench, the lawyer and citizen felt “safe”? Because, whatever the outcome of a particular case, justice would be done and the constitutional mandate upheld? The Indian Express
19-Jun-2020
Will Justice Hosbet Suresh, who passed away on June 11, be remembered as one in whose mind the constitutional pledge to every Indian was uppermost? Will he be remembered for the trendsetting jurisprudence set in the Sharad Rao v/s Subhash Desai judgement — in an election petition that unseated an MLA for corrosive electioneering? Will…
Justice Hosbet Suresh passes away at 90 He was a former judge at Bombay High Court I The Hindu
12-Jun-2020
Former judge of the Bombay High Court Hosbet Suresh passed away in sleep on Thursday night at the age of 90. He was born at Hosabet in Surathkal, Karnataka. He was appointed as the permanent judge of the High Court on June 12, 1987, and retired on July 19, 1991. After retirement, he was instrumental…
Justice Hosbet Suresh: At 91 years, the man who championed people’s rights, passes away Justice Suresh, who taught at the Government Law College and KC College, was appointed as the assistant government pleader in the Bombay City Civil & Sessions court before he was appointed as an additional judge in the sessions court on November 29, 1968. I Hindustan Times
12-Jun-2020
Justice Hosbet Suresh (91), one of the most respected judges of the Bombay high court (HC), who led many commissions that investigated human rights violations, passed away at his Andheri residence at 10:45 pm on Thursday night. He was cremated at the Santacruz crematorium at 1 am on Friday morning. Born on July 20, 1929,…
Jamia student Shaheen Abdulla wins DCM journalism award TCN News
10-Jun-2020
Journalist Shaheen Abdulla from Maktoob media on Monday won the Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) Award for this year in the Print and Electronic media category. While lauding the “young committed journalist,” the awarding committee praised Shaheen’s work as one of “substance and promise.” He won the accolade for his ground reports on anti-CAA protests in…
Parboti mourns after being released from detention camp Samayik Prasanga
05-Jun-2020
I have heard the name of Bangladesh, I have never been there, but my identity in this country is Bangladeshi “They identified me as a Bangladeshi and sent me to jail. But I was born in India. My father had a small plot of land in Bijni. That’s where I was born. I have heard…
Book Review – Foot Soldier Of The Constitution: A Memoir Shrikrishna S. Kachave I Live Law, May 28, 2020
29-May-2020
“Foot Soldier of the Constitution: A memoir” is a non-fiction authored by Teesta Setalvad, a journalist and an activist who currently manages Sabrang India (formerly ‘Communalism Combat’) and Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP). The author is known to be one of those rare people, probably feared by the politician featured as the most influential…
Cjp wrote the song of liberation in the misty disconsolate sky of Jubeda Samayik Prasanga
21-May-2020
Detention camp in name only, actually it’s a jail. She has spent years and years in the same minikin cell. Life is just wailing and wailing. Suddenly one day she heard his release order. Forty-eight-year-old Jubeda Khatun spent five years in a detention camp and finally came out under the open sky. It’s…
Over 1,100 activists condemn Delhi Police action against anti-CAA protestors amid lockdown In a statement signed by over 1,100 people, prominent activists said the Delhi Police should book the 'real culprits of Delhi violence', such as BJP MLA Kapil Mishra.
03-May-2020
File photo | A protester holds a placard during a demonstration against CAA and NRC | PTI Photo New Delhi: A group of 1,100 activists from across India have issued a statement condemning the arrests of Muslims and women activists in Delhi who were at the forefront of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).…