Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP helps release woman from detention camp months after her husband’s death Amala Das was jailed in Assam's Detention Camp since 2017
18-May-2021
Watch Amala Das’ journey from the detention camp to her home in Chirang, where she spent forty years with her husband Gopesh Das. Gopesh died in December 2020 after losing all hope of getting his wife out of the detention camp. CJP worked for three months, amid COVID-19 surge, and secured Amala’s release on bail.…
CJP brings bitter-sweet conclusion to Amala Das’s ordeal Five months after husband’s institutional murder, she was released on bail from Assam detention camp
17-May-2021
In December 2020, we brought you the story of Amala Das whose husband Gopesh died in what was a clear case of institutional murder. CJP had then secured temporary bail for Amala so that she could complete her husband’s last rites. Now, after five months, CJP has helped Amala secure release from the Kokrajhar detention…
Victory! Two more inmates released from Assam detention camp with CJP’s help They were languishing in the Goalpara Detention Camp for two years
05-May-2021
CJP helps two men, hailing from economically weak backgrounds, secure release on bail from Goalpara detention camp in Assam. Despite facing challenges due to Covid surge, lockdown, curfew and in the middle of heavy rainfall and an earthquake, team CJP completed all formalities to help these two men so that they can return to their…
CJP helps release yet another helpless woman from Assam’s detention camp Watch this video to know more about Banesa Bibi
05-Feb-2021
In a huge victory for CJP’s team Assam, Banesa Bibi became the 38th person to be released from Assam’s detention camp with our help. Help us help more victims of the citizenship crisis in Assam. Donate at cjp.org.in/donate Related: Assam: Differently abled person’s family loses everything while fighting the citizenship crisis Citizenship crisis death toll…
From detention camp to human rights defender Assam Woman's incredible and inspiring journey
18-Aug-2020
She was declared a ‘foreigner’ and sent to Assam’s detention camp. When she got bail on humanitarian grounds, she decided to change her life. She joined CJP and is now travelling all across Assam, fighting for people like her who are falsely accused of being ‘foreigners’. As this empowered woman has pledged to fight her own…
How CJP helped 33 people walk out of Assam’s Detention Camps The Arduous task of getting inmates out of Detention Camps
31-Jul-2020
So far, CJP has been able to secure the release of 33 inmates from 4 detention camps in Assam on conditional bail. This was in line with two judgments of the Supreme Court. In order to accomplish this task, CJP followed all legal and bureaucratic processes and procedures. In this video, we will take you…
CJP helps Assam man walk free after 12 years behind bars! Jabed Ali served two consecutive sentences; 10-years for an unrelated matter and 2 years in detention camp
27-Jul-2020
67-year old Jabed Ali walked out of the Kokrajhar Detention Camp in Assam on July 22, 2020, after spending a total of over 12 years in captivity. He is the 33rd person to be released from a detention camp due to CJP’s efforts. This is his story. Jabed Ali, a daily-wage labourer, hails from Nilibari village that falls under the…
How CJP helped 32 people walk out of Assam’s Detention Camps Here is the step-by-step procedure we followed to ensure their release on conditional bail
04-Jul-2020
So far, CJP has been able to secure the release of 32 inmates from 4 detention camps in Assam on conditional bail. This was in line with two judgments of the Supreme Court. In order to accomplish this task, CJP followed all legal and bureaucratic processes and procedures. But before we take you through the…
CJP Impact: Mother of five becomes 32nd inmate to be released from Assam Detention Camp “I never thought I would see the faces of my boys," says Harbala Khatun who was released from Kokrajhar detention camp due to CJP’s intervention
03-Jul-2020
Harbala Khatun was forced to spend over two years in a detention camp, away from her five sons, three of whom are minors. But with CJP’s help, she was released on conditional bail and stepped out of the Kokrajhar detention camp on June 24, and was once again united with them. This is her story.…
CJP helps reunite detention camp inmate with his daughters in Assam Rahman Ali was released from a detention camp after CJP’s intervention
05-Jun-2020
On Tuesday June 2, Rahman Ali, a Goria Muslim man belonging to an indigenous group in Assam, was released on conditional bail from the Goalpara Detention Camp after CJP stepped in to organise sureties and complete his bail formalities. But the true reward lay in reuniting Rahman with his three daughters. 39-year-old Rahman Ali hails…