Citizens for Justice and Peace
Assam Woman languishing in Detention Camp set free by SC on Personal Bond Sofiya Khatun's case highlights several glaring lacunae in the system
15-Sep-2018
In a huge relief for Sofiya Khatun, a detainee at the Kokrajhar Detention Camp in Assam, the Supreme Court has now ordered her release on a Personal Release (PR) Bond. The 50 year old had been lodged in the camp after she was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Barpeta in 2016. A…
Ongoing ‘detection’ of ‘Foreigners’ claims another life in Assam Daily wage labourer ends life fearing his mother will be declared a 'Foreigner'
11-Sep-2018
Binoy Chanda, the only earning member of his family, became the 28th suicide victim in Assam since the BJP came to power in May 2016 due to the ‘D’ Voter issue. The poor youth of Dimlapar village under the Tamulpur Police Station in the Baksa district committed suicide late at night on Sunday, September 9,…
Communal forces are trying to derail the NRC: Dr. Hiren Gohain The Making and Re-Making of Indians as Citizens in Assam: A CJP Series
08-Sep-2018
Eminent literary critic Hiren Gohain talks to CJP about the history of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and how communal forces are trying to derail the NRC process. Related: NRC is the way to solve the migration issue democratically: Akhil Gogoi NRC से गायब हुआ पूर्व राष्ट्रपति के परिजनों का नाम! Assamese groups…
NRC is the way to solve the migration issue democratically: Akhil Gogoi The Making and Re-Making of Indians as Citizens in Assam: A CJP Series
06-Sep-2018
Firebrand leader Akhil Gogoi speaks to CJP on the issue of NRC in Assam. He says that the NRC is the most democratic way to solve the issue democratically. But the BJP and the RSS are trying to dilute the National Register of Citizens by introducing the citizenship amendment bill. Also Read: NRC से…
Assam Village Imam declared ‘foreigner’ suspects Conspiracy to drive out Muslims The Making and Re-Making of Indians as Citizens in Assam: A CJP Series
03-Sep-2018
Abdul Kadir is the Imam of the mosque in his village. He is a much loved and highly respectable member of his community. People look up to him for his wisdom and good counsel. However, now both, he and his wife Hamida Khatoon have been declared foreigners by a Foreigner’s Tribunal. Moreover, all his children…
NRC से गायब हुआ पूर्व राष्ट्रपति के परिजनों का नाम! NRC और चुनाव आयोग अधिकारीयों की गलतियों का खामियाज़ा भर रहे हैं निर्दोष लोग
31-Aug-2018
भारत के पांचवें राष्ट्रपति फखरुद्दीन अली अहमद के परिवार वालों का नाम NRC में नहीं है! अब सवाल ये उठता है कि NRC अधिकारियों ने सूची के अद्यतन में उस इलाके में आई बाढ़ जैसी प्राकृतिक आपदा को ध्यान में रखा या नहीं, क्योंकि कई लोगों ने अपने महत्वपूर्ण दस्तावेज़ बाढ़ के चलते खो दिए, जिसके बाद उन्हें NRC के में अपनी…
Assamese groups ask for Error-free and Transparent NRC Left Democrartic Manch and FACAAB make unanimous demand
30-Aug-2018
The Left-Democratic Mancha, Assam—a common platform of 11 Political Parties—and the Forum Against Citizenship Act Amendment Bill (FACAAB), a forum of informed citizens, have voiced a unanimous demand for an error free NRC. In a joint memorandum presented to the State Co-ordinator, NRC the two organisations have expressed their anguish with regard to the on-going process…
SHOCKING! Confidential NRC data leaked! District wise exclusion data that was to be submitted to SC in sealed envelop now public
27-Aug-2018
In a damning indictment of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority’s data privacy maintenance methods, a document containing district wise percentage of people excluded from the NRC, information that was to be submitted by the NRC State Coordinator to the Supreme Court in a sealed envelop on or before August 25, has now been leaked to…
NRC दावा-आपत्ति प्रक्रिया में मौजूद हैं कई ख़ामियां आपत्तिकर्ता किसी आम आदमी को इतना परेशान कर सकता है कि उसका जीना मुहाल हो जाए
27-Aug-2018
30 जुलाई 2018 को प्रकाशित हुए राष्ट्रीय नागरिक रजिस्टर (NRC) के फाइनल ड्राफ्ट से 40,07,707 लोगों को बाहर कर दिया गया है. बाहर निकाले गए इन लोगों के लिए आख़िरी और एकमात्र उम्मीद है NRC की दावा-आपत्ति प्रक्रिया. हालांकि, ये प्रक्रिया आयोजित करने के लिए स्टैण्डर्ड ऑपरेटिंग प्रोसीजर (SOP) का जो मानक रूप 16 अगस्त 2018 को सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के समक्ष प्रस्तुत किया गया था, वो लोगों को इस परेशानी का कोई…
चाय वाले की माँ असम में 'विदेशी' घोषित एक बंगाली हिन्दू अचानक डिटेनशन कैंप में मृत पाया गया
23-Aug-2018
आज देश भर के अखबार अक्सर एक चाय वाले के बारे में खबरें छापते हैं. कभी कभी उसी चाय वाले की वृद्ध माँ की भी तसवीरें छपतीं हैं. असम प्रदेश अपने चाय के बागानों के लिए विश्वप्रसिद्ध है. आज चलिए आपका परिचय करवाते हैं असम के एक चाय वाले की माँ से… एक ऐसी माँ…