Citizens for Justice and Peace
Tripura HC takes suo motu cognisance of anti-Muslim violence in the state CJP had also written to the National Commission for Minorities
30-Oct-2021
The Tripura High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the various reports of anti-minority violence in the state, and has asked the government to file its response by November 10. The court took note of the violence reported in various newspapers on October 26 in the districts of North Tripura, Unakoti as well as Sipahijala.…
Anti-Muslim violence flares in Tripura, CJP writes to Minorities Commission CJP has urged NCM to take cognisance of the attacks on mosques
30-Oct-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has written to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) over the targeted attacks experienced by members of the Muslim minority in Tripura. Over the last few days, mosques have been allegedly vandalised by right-wing groups. Further, shops and houses owned by Muslims have also not been spared by these…
Hate Watch: Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui’s open call for ‘beheading’ Matter connected with placing of Quran at a Durga Puja pandal in Bangladesh
21-Oct-2021
While the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government has sprung into action to control the communal tensions in the country, across the border in West Bengal, hardliner Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui, who is the cleric at Furfura Sharif, and the founder Indian Secular Front (ISF) has added fuel to the communal fires. Siddiqui’s latest statement that…
It’s the need of hour to accept the NRC with some errors Niyamiya Barta
26-Apr-2021
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the result of the non stop process of the last decade. Though it has some errors, it’s not completely wrong. Therefore, the Assam Public Works (APW) main petitioner, who filed petition regarding the updation of NRC has urged to accept the NRC which has been published under the…
Fear, loathing & dismay across ‘India-Bangladesh border’ in Bengaluru: NRC Sudipto Mondal for The Federal
04-Oct-2019
“That side of the road is Bangladesh, this side is India. We don’t go there and they don’t come here,” says Jamaal Hassan (43), sounding panicky. “The police should go after them, not us. We are Indians, it’s our birthright to live and work here.” Hassan is one of the 5,000 Bengali-speaking Muslim labourers…
CJP’s Volunteer Motivators Reach Out in Assam Dial 1800 1020 138 for help
13-Oct-2018
CJP reaches out to the people of Assam who are negotiating a labyrinth of citizenship related problems. Many of our special Volunteer Motivators (VMs) have spread out across many of Assam’s districts and are helping people on the ground with their claims and objections process. They are being backed by our toll free Assam State…
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 man’s wife declared ‘foreigner’, missing for 7 years! May have been 'deported' to Bangladesh
21-Aug-2018
Seven years ago, Ainal Haq’s wife was declared a ‘foreigner’ and sent to a detention camp. Then, without her family members being informed, she was allegedly deported to Bangladesh. He hasn’t heard from her in seven years! Haq has documents to prove that she was in fact an Indian. This is how families are being…
I’m not a smart man, but I know what prison is: Anjaan Musafir The Making and Re-Making of Indians as Citizens in Assam: A CJP Series
22-Jun-2018
In this edition of our series on how the idea of Indian citizenship is being made and unmade in Assam as the National Register of Citizens is being updated, we bring you the story of Anjaan Musafir*. He is a man who could be India’s answer to DB Cooper, given how he has successfully evaded…
Pregnant and Helpless in a Detention Camp The Making and Re-Making of Indians as Citizens in Assam: A CJP Series
13-Jun-2018
This story is a part of our series on people in Assam who have been declared foreigners after an allegedly flawed and arbitrary process of determining citizenship. Even as the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is all set to be disclosed on June 30, 2018, thousands of people have had their…