Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP helps two brothers get released from Assam Detention Centre Mahiruddin and Mainuddin released after four months of hard work
09-Dec-2021
For the team at Citizens for Justice and Peace, our mission in Assam to protect and defend the rights of all Indians, also has another important goal… that of reuniting families. In this endeavour we have another tradition of honouring the bond of brothers. In March 2020, we helped secure the release of brothers Abdur Rashid…
Another Assam man released from Detention Camp with CJP’s help Mojibor Sheikh becomes the 47th inmate to be released from the Detention Camp
17-Nov-2021
On November 15, CJP helped Mojibor Sheikh, a daily wage labourer from Chirang, get released from the Goalpara Detention Camp in Assam, on conditional bail. He had been locked up for two years. Mojibor is the 47th person to be released from the detention camp with CJP’s direct intervention. Help us help more inmates suffering…
Victory! Mojibor Sheikh released from Assam Detention Centre with CJP’s help CJP had been working on his case since September
16-Nov-2021
On November 15, CJP finally succeeded in reuniting Mojibor Sheikh with his family after securing his release from the Goalpara Detention Centre in Assam. Sheikh, a daily wage labourer from Shaljhora village that falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaligaon police station in the Chirang district of Assam, had been declared foreigner and thrown behind bars…
Have somehow kept the kitchen fires burning: Wife of Assam man declared foreigner Mojibor Sheikh’s family struggle financially as they await his return from detention centre
11-Nov-2021
In our bid to help our fellow Indian citizens in Assam, CJP is now working towards securing conditional bail for Mojibor Sheikh of Shaljhora village that falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaligaon police station in the Chirang district of Assam. Sheikh was declared foreigner by the Kajalgaon-Chirang on Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT Case No. 335/2010MKCR/ID and IM(D)T…
CJP Impact: WB gov’t confirms Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian citizenship CJP had helped secure his release from an Assam detention centre
22-Sep-2021
In some heart-warming news, the West Bengal government has confirmed the Indian citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik, a man who had left Bankura a decade ago to look for a job in Assam, but instead found himself behind bars at the Goalpara Detention Centre. CJP had helped secure his release on conditional bail and our team…
Saken Ali: Hell starts with an “H” Part of CJP’s Stories from Assam series
14-Sep-2021
It’s been a long arduous journey of emotional lows and highs, for CJP’s Team Assam. The sheer administrative callousness causing the hapless and marginalised to suffer a civil death and be rendered non-Indians is a bitter learning for us all. So, ever since CJP started working towards helping our fellow Indians defend their citizenship in…
CJP comes to the rescue of West Bengal man dubbed “foreigner” in Assam! Mrinal Mandal had spent over 700 days behind bars
28-Aug-2021
We had recently brought to you the story of Dipak Deb, a man from Tripura, who was declared foreigner and thrown into a detention centre in Assam. His fellow inmate, Mrinal Mandal suffered the same fate – being declared foreigner despite hailing from West Bengal. But after spending 735 days behind bars, Mandal was able to…
CJP helps Tripura man reunite with ailing mother The migrant labourer was declared foreigner and spent five years behind bars
27-Aug-2021
In yet another example of how sheer paranoia regarding “foreign infiltrators” has led to persecution of genuine Indian citizens in Assam, Dipak Deb, who originally hails from Tripura, was declared foreigner and was forced to spend five years behind bars in an Assam Detention Centre. But with CJP’s help, Dipak Deb was finally able to…
Why Criminalized? Deepak Seeking Answer in Detention camp Samoyik Prasanga
25-Aug-2021
45 years Deepak Deb son of Dhirendra Deb, migrated to Assam as a laborer from Nadiapar village, came to Assam about fifteen years ago. Deepak is a burning example of what’s going on in Assam in the name of citizenship. He started working at the Guwahati Railway station canteen. He would also sell tea on…
CJP’s perseverance pays off, Sona Khatun finally released! Walks out of Kokrajhar Detention Camp after 5 years, 11 months and 29 days
20-Aug-2021
In July this year, we brought you the story of CJP’s mammoth effort to track down the family of Sona Khatun, a woman who had been languishing behind bars for over five years at Assam’s Kokrajhar detention camp. On August 19, we were finally able to help her get released on conditional bail. Sona Khatun…