Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP In Action: Huge response to CJP’s NRC meeting in Mumbai. Mohalla Volunteers to be formed. Meeting aimed at questioning modalities with regards to all India NPR-NRC
03-Dec-2019
On November 30, CJP’s Teesta Setalvad spoke at a meeting on the NPR-NRC issue. The meeting was organised by Pehel Foundation at Banegar English High School in Mumbai’s Mira Road. This is the latest in a series of meetings and trainings conducted by CJP in Mumbai since October 2019. Around 200 people attended the organised…
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,…
Workshop for Activists on Citizenship CJP, NAPM and PUCL's Workshop aimed at activists working on grass root level
21-Nov-2019
On November 16, 2019, a workshop on Citizenship was organized by CJP, NAPM and PUCL. The aim was to share our case studies and on-ground experiences about the effects of the implementation of NRC in Assam, the NPR and the Citizen Amendment Bill(CAB). The workshop was specially aimed at activists who work on the grass…
Who is an Indian? (English) A complete guide to the NRC in India
19-Nov-2019
A complete guide to the NRC in India:
“Who is an Indian Citizen?” – Workshop for activists Informing activists on what awaits the citizenry in the guise of NPR, NRC and the Citizenship Amendment Bill and the history of NRC in Assam
19-Nov-2019
The fact that the process of NRC has wreaked havoc in the state of Assam is known to all. The repercussions of a nation-wide NRC and amendments in Citizenship Act will naturally be large scale and are unfathomable at the moment. Activists in Mumbai gathered at this workshop to get informed about the impending NPR,…
Assam: Police obstruction fails to hinder CJP paralegal training The camp was organized for training paralegal volunteers from 3 district in Assam
15-Nov-2019
CJP’s campaign in Assam includes helping the excluded persons with understanding Foreigners Tribunals and in the legal process that will prove their citizenship. Another aspect of CJP’s campaign is training para-legals so that they can help the excluded persons in determining valid documents and also provide any kind of legal help that may be needed…
CJP spreads the message of peace, helps those affected by hate CJP Wednesdays
13-Nov-2019
This Week, CJP conducted an interactive Khoj Workshop with fifty women and initiated an interfaith meeting at Ramakrishna Mission in view of the Babri Masjid Judgement. The CJP team in Assam also visited the survivors of Nellie Massacre in Borbari, 40% of whom have been left out of the final NRC. CJP is working continuously…
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…
36 Years on, Survivors of Nellie Massacre suffer in perpetuity, 40% out of NRC CJP’s Assam State Co-ordinator, Zamser Ali reports from Nellie
09-Nov-2019
CJP’s Team Assam received information that a large chunk of people in the village of Borbari—where the Nellie Massacre took place in 1983—have been excluded from the final NRC list; about 150 persons have been declared Indian in this village, but most of them (about 90%) of their names have not been included in the…