Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP Impact: Four people released from Tezpur Detention Camp Previously released detainees pay it forward by referring new cases to CJP
03-Jun-2020
In yet another victory, CJP has been able to secure the release of three men and one woman from an Assam detention camp. The inmates were released on conditional bail in accordance with a Supreme Court order. Banesha Khatun, Banamali Das, Rajendra Das and Binod Das, had all been languishing behind bars for over two…
CJP Assam: Halima Begum released after 4 years in detention camp CJP stands with the defenceless Indians in Assam affected by the citizenship crisis.
27-May-2020
On 22nd April, Halima Begum was released after spending almost 4 years inside an ill-kept detention camp. Now, freed from the camp, she has no place to call home. Her husband has re-married and her children lead independent lives. This forces her to depend on others for survival. Watch this video to know more. Related:…
CJP helps secure release of Bihari man dubbed Bangladeshi in Assam! Lalit Thakur had been languishing in a detention camp since October 2016
21-May-2020
Lalit Thakur has had an eventful life. He was a barber from Bihar whose family had moved to Assam. Then he lost his home during ethnic clashes in the state. But never in his life did the 58-year-old expect to be declared a ‘foreigner’ in his own country and sent to a detention camp! After…
CJP helps reunite man released from Assam Detention Camp with long-lost daughter Inmate Abdul Khalek had essentially been left to rot behind bars till CJP intervened
18-May-2020
Abdul Khalek, a man who had been arrested by the Jorhat Border Police from Mariani on suspicions of being a ‘foreigner’ in 2015, had lost all hope of ever stepping out of his detention camp. But with CJP’s help, not only did he walk out on bail on May 13, he was also able to…
CJP helps two more people walk out of Assam’s detention camps Total 25 people have been released with exclusive efforts of CJP so far
15-May-2020
On Wednesday, May 13, CJP helped Purnima Biswas and Harimohan Barman, step out of Assam’s infamous detention camps and reunite with their families. So far, we have helped 25 such people across the state secure release from detention camps in Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Jorhat and Tezpur. Here’s a closer look at their cases. Now that the…
CJP Assam: Making, distributing masks with people from the community We are buying clothes and yarn to get masks stitched by our own community people, amid CoVid-19 lockdown
04-May-2020
CJP has been making thousands of masks, along with our community people, to distribute them to the needy and marginalised people living in the rural areas of Assam. Now that the lockdown is going to continue for a while, there’s a serious dearth of masks in the market. Therefore, along with our relief work in…
असम में नागरिकता पे सवाल और भूखमरी CJP टीम की प्रेरक लड़ाई
03-May-2020
देखिये असम के छह जिलों के युवा अभिप्रेरकों और CJP टीम असम के स्टेट कोऑर्डिनेटर Zamser Ali के साथ CJP सेक्रेटरी Teesta Setalvad की राउंड टेबल बैठक। Related: Victory! CJP helps secure release of 9 Detention Camp inmates in Assam The night Parbati came home CJP against Hunger: Team Assam goes that extra mile to…
Watch: Inside detention camp for 3 years; CJP intervenes CJP is committed to help genuine Indian citizens facing the citizenship crisis
20-Apr-2020
Lalit Thakur, a barber by profession, has been jailed in the Goalpara detention camp of Assam, since October 2016. His identity documents were burnt in the ethnic- communal clashes between indigenous Bodos and Bengali speaking people of Assam in 2012. He went on to live in a relief camp with his family after the clashes.…
Covid-19: স্বেচ্ছাসেৱক সকলে মানিবলগীয়া নিৰ্দেশাৱলী 13 point checklist, in Assamese, to stay safe during the pandemic
14-Apr-2020
Covid-19 ৰ সংকটে সমগ্ৰ দেশজুৰি বহুজনক অত্যাৱশ্যকীয় সামগ্ৰীৰ পৰা বঞ্ছিত কৰিছে । তথাপিও স্বেচ্ছাসেৱকসকলে তৃণমূল পৰ্যায়ত প্ৰান্তিক জনগণৰ মাজত এই মহামাৰী সম্পৰ্কে সজাগতা সৃষ্টিৰ লগতে এই সময়ত যাতে তেওঁলোকে কোনো অভাৱ আৰু অসুবিধাৰ সন্মুখীন নহয় তাৰ নিশ্চিতি প্ৰদান কৰাটো প্ৰয়োজনীয়। যদি আপুনি ব্যক্তিগত সামৰ্থ্যৰে অথবা কোনো সংস্থাৰ সৈতে যুক্ত হৈ স্বেচ্ছাসেৱকৰ দায়িত্ব গ্ৰহণ কৰিব খোজে…
CJP Assam: Reaching remote areas to provide relief to the hungry CJP team in Assam is mobilising the community to ensure aid reaches far flung areas
08-Apr-2020
CJP’s Assam team is going that extra mile to distribute rations to quarantined families and families of detainees, amid the nationwide lockdown. Our team’s efforts are not limited to providing relief and aid to NRC affected families, but also all other such people in need, particularly the destitute, orphans and most marginalised people. This is…