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Over-reach, rules Gauhati HC sends case back to Foreigner Tribunal The order declaring Golapi Begum foreigner was set aside and the petitioner was protected

The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order of Foreigners Tribunal, Baksa, Assam declaring an individual to be foreigner, holding that the Tribunal had acted beyond its jurisdiction. The bench of Justices N Kotiswar Singh and Soumitra Saikia held that the Tribunal had acted beyond the reference made by the Superintendent of Police and…

800 kms, 5 districts: CJP goes the extra mile to locate detention camp inmate’s family Sona Khatun has been languishing behind bars for 5 years

In yet another example of our unwavering commitment to helping our fellow Indians in distress, the Assam team of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) spent nearly a year looking for the family of Sona Khatun, who has been languishing behind bars in Assam’s Kokrajhar detention camp for five years. Assam state team in-charge Nanda…

Assam Relief

How CJP reached out with relief and essentials in Assam To Marginalized communities who are also battling the citizenship crisis

CJP Assam is reaching out with its humanitarian work as our work against the ‘Citizenship Crisis’ continues. Amidst the Pandemic, we are delivering groceries, essentials and medical kits to marginalized families and previously released inmates of detention camps. We are also creating awareness about Covid-19 and distributing our CJP booklets so that these people can…

Empowering Assam: CJP goes above and beyond the call of duty After getting detainees released from detention camps, we are providing them food rations

Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has built a unique relationship with the people of Assam. In the three years that we have been serving our fellow Indians in the state, we have become acutely aware of issues intertwined with the larger matter of citizenship. We therefore believe that our work does not end with…

Ninety-year-old Rajbongshi woman in the citizenship test Samoik Prasanga

After birth she was named Moyna. As a child, she drew attention from the whole village for her beauty. Everyone in the village used to call her “Devi” because she looked like a goddess. Her name changed from Moyna Barman to Moyna Devi. She has 1951 NRC in this name. The adjective goddess for her…

The year that was: Detention camps, healthcare crisis, violation of Constitution! CJP looks back at campaign progress in UP's Purvanchal region and Assam

Working as a single unit, organisations like Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP), and the Delhi Solidarity Group (DSG) have closely observed the state of Covid-19 crisis in India and the government’s attitude towards it. Over the last four to five weeks, the groups examined the…

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सीजेपी डिटेंशन कैंप से क़ैदियों को कैसे रिहा करवाती है? सीजेपी द्वारा डिटेंशन कैंप से क़ैदियों को रिहा करवाने के प्रक्रम की ऐनिमेटेड गाइड

सीजेपी ने अब तक असम के 4 डिटेंशन कैंपों के 41 कैदियों को सशर्त जमानत पर रिहा करवाया है. यह सुप्रीम कोर्ट के दो फैसलों के अनुरूप है. इस कार्य को पूरा करने के लिए, सीजेपी ने सभी कानूनी और ब्यूरोक्रेटिक प्रक्रियाओं और तरीकों का पालन किया. हमने यह कैसे किया, इसे एक ग्राफिक एनीमेशन…

Beauty and the bumbling Beast of Bureaucracy A nonagenarian is forced to defend her citizenship!

Moyna Barman, a Koch Rajbongshi woman in her 90s, was once the village belle. So much so that people started calling her Devi meaning goddess or angel in light of her divine looks, and that’s how her name got distorted in official records. Now the unlettered woman, who belongs to a community that is seen among the…

Moyna Barman

Nearing a 100 years, woman accused of being a foreigner in Assam Watch the story of this Koch Rajbongshi Woman here

Nonagenarian Moyna Barman is living her remaining days in anxiety and trauma, hassled by the inhuman citizenship crisis in Assam. Watch her story here. Support CJP’s work in Assam. Donate here: https://cjp.org.in/donate Related: CJP helping a daughter secure her mother’s release from Assam detention camp Abba, they took away Maa: CJP reunites a mother snatched…

CJP’s work still going strong in Assam Six months into 2021, eight people released from Detention Camps, Covid relief work on in full swing

CJP’s Assam team has not wavered from its path in the first six months of 2021, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and successive bouts of extreme weather. Our persistence has led to the release of eight people: four men and four women from various detention camps in the state. Alongside this, we also continued distributing relief…

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