Citizens for Justice and Peace
Teesta Setalvad tackles Malicious Allegations, responds with Documentary Evidence Press Release: Setalvad and Anand make statement before Ahmedabad Crime Branch
07-Apr-2018
On April 5, Justice Revati Mohite Dere of the Bombay High Court granted interim transit bail till May 2, 2018 to Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand. As per the orders of the Hon’ble Court, Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand appeared before the Ahmedabad Crime Branch at 10 a.m on April 6. Both gave their statements in response to all the…
How and Why is Teesta Setalvad being harassed Again CJP's Official Statement
05-Apr-2018
CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad is being attacked once again, this time with a barrage of false allegations pertaining to her education NGO KHOJ. Rais Khan, a disgruntled ex-employee of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), has filed an FIR against Setalvad alleging that Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand used fraudulent means to get funds…
CJP vows to continue its Campaign for Peace in Ayodhya Peaceful and creative peace initiatives to continue on the ground across India
14-Mar-2018
The Supreme Court of India has today dismissed an intervention petition by CJP with 32 prominent citizens in the Ayodhya dispute matter. The intervention petition had prayed that the court not view this as a mere property dispute, but a matter that affects the very soul of India. We had also urged the court to find a secular…
CJP meets Varanasi Police Chief over physically intimidating conduct by local cops Cops pushed around CJP team and roughed up Kashi Vidyapeeth students on Tuesday
28-Feb-2018
CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad and social activist Muniza Khan met Police Commissioner of Varanasi on Wednesday and submitted a letter expressing outrage at the physically intimidating conduct of male police officers unlawfully restraining their entry into the Kashi Vidyapeeth on Tuesday. The meeting took place with prior appointment at the Kacheri office of the Commissioner.…
UP Police side with the ABVP, prevent CJP’s workshop on How to Stop Fake News Force used against students of Kashi Vidyapeeth deplorable: CJP
27-Feb-2018
In yet another instance of gross intimidation, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), have threatened human rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad against conducting a workshop at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi. The workshop titled, “Mainstream journalism in the age of Social Media” was scheduled to take place at 2 pm on February…
CJP Response to Supreme Court Judgement
06-Dec-2017
The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) got a reprieve from the Supreme Court when, by a final order passed today, December 6, 2017, they have been permitted to challenge orders passed by trial court in Gujarat which had passed the order in December 2010 without hearing either CJP or Teesta Setalvad. The special leave petition…
Intervention in Ayodhya Case for Lasting Peace, Constitution: CJP Mischievous Media Attempt to Provoke Hatred and Violence
05-Dec-2017
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) is a human rights and legal resources platform that remains committed to upholding and defending the constitutional rights of all Indians regardless of religion, caste, class or gender. CJP and 32 eminent citizens and leaders, have approached the Supreme Court intervening in the Ayodhya dispute. Our please is that the…
अयोध्या में शांति के लिए सीजेपी [CJP] का हस्तक्षेप
01-Dec-2017
सिटिज़न्स फॉर जस्टिस एंड पीस [CJP], सांप्रदायिकता और भेदभाव से लड़ने के लिए समर्पित एक मानवाधिकार और कानूनी संसाधन मंच है, जो सभी के अधिकारों के लिए लड़ता है, अब अयोध्या में शांति के लिए, विभिन्न प्रमुख भारतीयों की एक बड़ी आकाशगंगा के साथ, समाज के अलग अलग पहलुओं से और देश के कोने कोने…
CJP intervenes for Peace in Ayodhya
01-Dec-2017
Citizens for Justice and Peace, a human rights and legal resources platform dedicated to fighting communalism and discrimination, and for the rights of one and all, is now intervening in the Ram Janm Bhoomi – Babri Masjid case along with a galaxy of prominent Indians from various walks of life, from across the length and…