Citizens for Justice and Peace
असम में छाए मानवीय संकट पर क्या बोले जमशेर अली? तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ की जमशेर अली के साथ ख़ास बातचीत
06-Jun-2018
असम में राष्ट्रीय नागरिक रजिस्टर के कारण फैले मानवीय संकट पर तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ की जमशेर अली के साथ ख़ास बातचीत Related Articles: Bengali Hindu labeled “Bangladeshi”, found dead in Assam Detention Camp How the National Register of Citizens causes ‘othering’ of minorities in Assam More confusion in Assam after NRC clarifies order on families…
NRC’s New Directive Stirs Controversy Ahead of the Final List Sign Our Petition NOW!
30-May-2018
The National Register for Citizens (NRC), a record of ‘legitimate’ Indian citizens living in Assam, is being updated for the first time since 1951. Just one month away from publishing the final list of ‘legitimate’ citizens in Assam, the NRC director’s new directive brings in further confusions. As per the new directive the relatives of…
More confusion in Assam after NRC clarifies order on families of DFs Controversial order had asked for names to be kept pending from NRC
28-May-2018
Following the outrage post the controversial May 2 order of the NRC (Read exclusive Blog here), that directed relatives of those designated as Declared Foreigners (DF) to be kept ‘pending’ and not included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC), even if they satisfy requirements, the state coordinator of the NRC was compelled to issue…
Fear Grips Assam as names of lakhs of Indians could be dropped from NRC Exclusive blog by Advocate Aman Wadud
24-May-2018
Update from CJP Desk on June 21, 2018: This is apropos the story “Fear Grips Assam as Names of Lakhs of Indians could be Dropped from NRC”, a story authored by High Court Lawyer from Guwahati, Aman Wadud and published as part of our campaign on the imminent humanitarian crisis brewing in the state of…
Humanitarian groups unconvinced about Bangladesh’s plan to relocate Rohingya refugees to island
26-Apr-2018
Humanitarian groups are not convinced about Bangladesh’s plan to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in June, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported. Bangladesh’s government has been working on the Bhasan Char island for four months, but has not given humanitarian agencies access. A briefing with aid groups took place on April 4, but it…
Stop Move to Make Assamese Muslims Homeless & Stateless Sign our Petition NOW!
24-Apr-2018
A humanitarian crisis is underway in Assam as you read this. The National Register for Citizens (NRC), a record of ‘legitimate’ Indian citizens living in Assam, is being updated for the first time since 1951. The ostensible objective is to weed out ‘Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants’. However, the numbers tell a chilling story… one of a conspiracy…
कैसे नागरिकों का राष्ट्रीय रजिस्टर असम में अल्पसंख्यकों के ‘अलगाव’ का कारण बनता है सदभाव मिशन, दिल्ली के एक अध्ययन के निष्कर्ष
19-Apr-2018
3 फरवरी, 2018 को, सदभाव मिशन, दिल्ली स्कूल ऑफ सोशल वर्क के सहयोग से, एक दिवसीय संगोष्ठी, “प्रवासी श्रमिक: अधिकार और चिंता” का आयोजन किया. असम में नागरिक रजिस्टर के राष्ट्रीय रजिस्टर (एनआरसी) पर एक विशेष सत्र आयोजित किया गया था. आम सहमति के बाद प्रस्तुतियों और चर्चाओं के आधार पर उभरा -: असम देश…
How Hate for Muslims and Rohingyas Sells and Spreads on Social Media Insidious attempts to demonise the minority community using incendiary posts and inflammatory tweets
17-Apr-2018
‘Whataboutery’ and ‘fake news’ have become such a staple of our times that every time a news story involving the minority community is reported, it is accompanied by ‘conspiracy theories’ and attempts to draw ‘false equivalence’. The Kathua rape and murder case was no different. What was disturbing though was how the willful campaign of…
Bangladesh government has created a fearful environment by curtailing civil and political rights: Odhikar Report slams Bangladesh for deteriorating human rights situation
17-Mar-2018
Human rights organisation Odhikar has released report detailing the human rights situation in Bangladesh in February 2018. Bangladesh is currently governed by the Awami League-led alliance, which has been in power since 2009. The report alleges that the government has “made different, important government and independent institutions politicized and subservient to it.” It says that…
Freedom To Dissent
01-Jun-1994
JUNE, 1994 FREEDOM TO DISSENT COVER STORY In any secular democracy, the right to equality, the freedom to practice one’s faith and the right to life with dignity go hand in hand with the freedom of expression which includes the right to dissent. If minority rights are inconceivable except in a democracy, democracy itself…