Citizens for Justice and Peace
Struggle for Forest Rights in India stretches from East to West Part-2 of CJP’s webinar reveals how grassroot activists from West Bengal to Maharashtra still struggle for Forest Rights
08-Sep-2020
In the second leg, CJP and AIUFWP’s webinar titled Forest Rights Movement and Covid-19, moved from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to other parts of the country. Grassroot activists from West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra joined moderator and CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad to share stories of how they continued a peaceful struggle for forest rights,…
आरे जंगल बचाने के लिए सब कुछ दांव पर लगाने को तैयार हैं ये आदिवासी बच्चे The Kids of Aarey join the protest
25-Oct-2019
महाराष्ट्र की बीजेपी सरकार आरे के जंगल में पेड़ों की बलि चढ़ा कर मेट्रो कार शेड के नाम पर जमीन अधिग्रहीत करने की कोशिश का हर संभव प्रयास कर रही है। हाल ही में सरकार ने रात के अंधेरे में 400 पेड़ कटवा दिए। इस मामले पर सीजेपी की सेक्रेट्री तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ ने आरे कॉलोनी…
प्रमिला ताईंच्या शब्दातून कत्तल झालेल्या झाडांची व्यथा Aarey Forest Residents fight for their rights
22-Oct-2019
प्रमिला ताई म्हणतात कि ४ ऑक्टोबर रोजी आम्हाला कळले कि आरे मधील झाडे कापण्यात येत आहे त्याचवेळी आम्ही सर्वजण तिथे गेलो आणि त्यांना थांबवण्याचा खूप प्रयत्न केला. आम्ही खूप विनंती केल्यानंतर आम्हाला आत सोडण्यात आले परंतु त्यापूर्वीच त्यांनी ४०० पेक्षा जास्त झाड कापली होती. तिथल्या जवळच्या एका मैदानात आम्ही सर्वजण जवळपास अर्धा तास बसलो होतो…
आरे कॉलोनी में आदिवासियों को जीने के लिए जरूरी मूलभूत अधिकारों से वंचित रखा गया है: प्रकाश बोइर Adivasi Activist fights to save Aarey
21-Oct-2019
मुंबई के आरे जंगल को मेट्रो प्रोजेक्ट के लिए काटा जा रहा है। सरकार ने तमाम नियम कानूनों को दरकिनार करते हुए हाल ही में पेड़ों की कटाई रात में करा दी थी। इस मामले को लेकर आरे में रहने वाले लोग ही नहीं बल्कि मुंबईकर भी विरोध कर रहे हैं। इस मामले पर वरिष्ठ…
SC on Aarey: Stop tree felling till Oct 21 Apex court also orders release of arrested activists
07-Oct-2019
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that no more trees be cut in Mumbai’s Aarey forest until October 21, when it would hear a plea against the government’s decision to clear the area for a metro car shed. The court, in its directions, also asked all activists who have been detained for protesting the government’s action…
Aarey: Trees Felled in the Dead of the Night CJP Stands with Aarey
05-Oct-2019
On Friday night trees in Aarey Milk Colony, a region regarded as Mumbai’s “green lungs”, were felled. This, just hours after the Bombay High Court shockingly disposed of all petitions against the felling of over 2,700 trees to make way for a car shed for the Mumbai Metro project. CJP has been following all developments…
Aarey! What’s going on? Trees felled in the dead of the night, why is this forest a thorn in the government's flesh?
05-Oct-2019
On Friday night trees in Aarey Milk Colony, a region regarded as Mumbai’s “green lungs”, were felled, purportedly with full blessings of the ruling dispensation. This, just hours after the Bombay High Court shockingly disposed of all petitions against the felling of over 2,700 trees to make way for a car shed for the Mumbai…
Inside Aarey: Where the Adivasis are fighting another battle CJP Stands with Aarey and the Adivasis
20-Sep-2019
Removed from the concrete jungle and what’s seen of Aarey from a surface level, the Adivasis have been living contentedly on their lands for generations, worshiping and celebrating mother nature. There are 27 Adivasi Hamlets in the Aarey Forest. As the Government of Maharashtra refuses to acknowledge Aarey as a forest and the ‘Save Aarey’…
Aarey: Mumbai’s struggle to save its lungs How ordinary people are standing up against a bully state government
19-Sep-2019
The battle to preserve the last green cover, popularly known as the “lungs” of Mumbai city has becomes uglier with the targeting of Save Aarey activists on social media. Several suspicious looking handles published residential addresses of activists involved in the struggle on twitter. This was a barely veiled attempt at intimidation. Aarey protests picked…
Banjar Zameen: A Prayer to Save Aarey By Farhan Khan x BeatRAW x D-cypher
30-Mar-2019
Watch three young rappers take up the cause of the Aarey forest also called Mumbai’s ‘green lungs’. Aarey is now under severe threat owing to the metro car shed project. A human chain to protect the forest is being organised on March 30, 4:30 PM at Marine Lines, Mumbai. Related: How Adivasis in Aarey are…