Citizens for Justice and Peace
Assam NRC: CJP’s Impact on the Ground Become part of this effort NOW!
28-Nov-2018
The number of CJP’s Volunteer Motivators in Assam have gone up. Our toll-free NRC helpline 1800 1020 138 is reaching those in need, however the deadline for filing forms looms close. We need your help now, more than ever: https://cjp.org.in/donate/
Sokalo Gond Released from Jail Today Victory for CJP and AIUFWP's campaign to release forest rights defenders
01-Nov-2018
Sokalo Gond an Adivasi human rights defender & executive committee member of AIUFWP was illegally incarcerated since June 2018. Despite being granted bail on October 4, technical & procedural issues kept Sokalo behind bars till today. After 5 long months in jail she walks free today. Related: A Beautiful Show of Solidarity: Activists group reaches…
Yet Another Citizen Commits Suicide in Assam 30th incident since the NRC update started
29-Oct-2018
After being falsely accused of being a ‘foreigner’, Deepak Debnath of Udalgiri district, Assam committed suicide by hanging himself in a grove near his house. Watch this video to know more.
असम में NRC की वजह से एक और आत्महत्या निरोद बरन दास २९वे शिकार हुए है
22-Oct-2018
खारुपेटिआ गांव के जानेमाने बुद्धिजीवी, अध्यापक और वकील निरोद बरन दास ने आत्महत्या कर ली है. ऐसा माना जा रहा है की NRC के कारण नागरिकता छिन जाने के डर ने अब तक 28 लोगों की जान ली है. निरोद बरन दास २९वे शिकार हुए है. NRC प्रकरण में हो रही कुछ गलतिओं की वजह…
An Introduction to KHOJ CJP's Educational Program for a Plural India
19-Oct-2018
KHOJ is an Education for a Plural India movement. It is an innovative educational approach, which has been evolved over 20 years of actual engagement inside classrooms with thousands of school students in the 10-13 year age group (Std. V – Std. VII). KHOJ is based on the premise that the young are as capable of…
Dalit Migrant Workers Falsely Implicated in Bhima Koregaon Clashes! Watch this video to know more
15-Oct-2018
The Pune Police’s first attempts to link ‘Maoists’ to the violence that erupted at the Elgaar Parishad programe, happened before the activists arrest. In January 2018, 8 men including 5 workers and a contractor of Reliance Infrastructure private limited were arrested in alleged connection with the Bhima Koregaon incidents of violence. These arrests, however, hardly…
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…
The One Stop Guide to Assam’s NRC Issue The Making and Re-Making of Indians as Citizens in Assam
12-Oct-2018
NRC, D-Voters, Foreigners’ Tribunals, Detention Camps, Border Police… Have you been hearing these terms vis-a-vis Assam lately? If not, then welcome back to civilization. If yes, then this is your one-stop guide to everything that is happening is Assam, that has happened in Assam and that has led to the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The…
Sokalo Gond granted Bail Huge victory for the Adivasi struggle in Sonbhadra, UP
04-Oct-2018
Adivasi human rights defender Sokalo Gond had been illegally incarcerated since June 8th 2018 and was granted bail today. She is the member executive council of the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP). In this video, she talks to CJP about the Adivasi struggle in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, and the steps that they…
H.S. Doreswamy: Karnataka’s Foot Soldier Meet one of Bapu's greatest supporters and most devoted follower
02-Oct-2018
On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, meet one of his greatest supporters and most devoted followers… HS Doreswamy. A veteran freedom fighter, school teacher and social activist, Doreswamy dedicated his life to the struggle for Indian Independence. In his youth, he was incarcerated by the colonial machinery for destroying imperial administrative documents and letters.…