Citizens for Justice and Peace
असम के अमानवीय डिटेंशन कैम्प्स डिटेंशन कैम्प्स में NRC से पीड़ित लोगोंकी नर्क से भी बदतर हालत
04-Dec-2019
असम के डिटेंशन कैंप निर्जन और सुनसान भूमि पर बनाए गए हैं। यहां फॉरेनर्स ट्रिब्यूनल्स द्वारा विदेशी करार दिए गए लोगों को रखा जाता है। सुविधाओं के घोर अभाव में लोगों को रखे जाने की काफी आलोचनाएं भी होती रही हैं। इन कैंप्स में लोगों को तब तक रखा जाता है जब तक कि उन्हें…
Ambiguous guidelines for ‘model’ detention camps raise questions MHA responses in Parliament divulge limited information
28-Nov-2019
The Modi government had released ‘model’ detention centre a manual in January 2019 containing provisions that would govern the functioning of such facilities across India. Though the manual has not been made public, some information has become available via answers to questions raised in the Parliament. With the death toll in Assam’s detention camps touching 28,…
Bengali speaking workers face likely ban in Bengaluru apartments, what’s next? Most of these workers have been living in the city doing menial jobs for decades, after migrating from their home states
11-Nov-2019
Anticipating police action and interrogation, many housing complexes in Bengaluru have decided to not employ Bengali speaking people as labourers or domestic help, especially minorities. In this quest of weeding out illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, many citizens have also been targeted which has led to this prejudicial ban, leading them to lose their livelihoods. The…
27 deaths later, it’s time to wake up Assam and the detention camps menace claims 27 lives till date
04-Nov-2019
The detention camps in Assam are in 6 locations and are housed in makeshift facilities in District Jails. In the past 9 years, 27 deaths have taken place of detainees in Assam. CJP had first accessed a list of the all those who have died in Assam’s dreaded detention camps. In this list published as…
CJP works towards release of detainees in Assam In compliance with the Supreme Court order granting relief to detainees who have spent more than 3 years in detention camps in Assam
02-Nov-2019
The process of setting those detainees free from detention camps who have completed more than 3 years in such camps is on going and CJP is in the process of making a list of such detainees so that more of such detainees can be freed in accordance with the May 2019 order of the Supreme…
Assam Detention Camp death: Dulal Paul’s family accepts body Declared 'foreigner' in 2017, he had been incarcerated at the Tezpur Detention Camp
01-Nov-2019
The family of 65 Dulal Chandra Paul have finally accepted his body for performing his last rites, almost 10 days after he breathed his last at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMHC). Paul, who had been declared foreigner and had been incarcerated at the Tezpur Detention Camp reportedly suffered from diabetes and a heart…
Teesta Setalvad empowers citizens and questions modalities with regards to NRC At an event, the human rights activist urged both, the public and the political class to oppose the NRC from being implemented in other states
31-Oct-2019
The implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has sounded a death knell for many across the state. Now, the government of India is planning to extend this exercise across the country, with no set procedures in place, unlike Assam, citizens groups across the country are turning to CJP to understand the…
Handcuffed in hospital, Assam man fights for his life Ratan Chandra Biswas spent 2.5 years in a detention camp
06-Nov-2018
Illegally framed as a “foreigner”, Ratan Chandra Biswas, is handcuffed in the Goalpara hospital Civil Hospital, battling for his life. Emaciated and shivering, his condition is bitter testimony to the ghastly conditions in Assam’s six detention camps, where over 2,000 persons are estimated to be incarcerated. Guwahati, November 4: Ratan Chandra Biswas, framed as a…