23-Jul-2021
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…
17-Jul-2021
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…
17-Jul-2021
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…
10-Jul-2021
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…
08-Jul-2021
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…
08-Jul-2021
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…
29-Jun-2021
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…
26-Jun-2021
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…
26-Jun-2021
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…
18-Jun-2021
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…