Citizens for Justice and Peace
Order for establishing Covid facility at Ram Lila Maidan Issued by Department of Health And Family Welfare, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi on April 29, 2021
29-Apr-2021
In a bid to create more medical facilities to enable a greater number of people to seek appropriate medical attention for Covid-19, the Delhi Government has approved the establishment of a 500-bed Covid treatment facility at the Main Ram Lila Ground near LNH Hospital and the Ram Lila Ground near GTB Hospital, similar to those…
Obsolete, fake information rampant amidst Covid-19 second surge Some examples of incorrect posts circulating on social media and messaging services
27-Apr-2021
After paying little heed to development of health care infrastructure and scientific research to manage SARS-CoV-2, thus leading to a deadlier second wave, the continued callous attitude of those in power made the netizens take matters in their own hands. They took social media by storm by sharing Covid-19 related resources. However, misusing the trying…
Several Foreigner notices pasted on the electric posts in Bongaigaon, Hindu Bengali also not spared Jugashankha
22-Apr-2021
Foreigner notice has created terror just after the election. The Foreigner notice has been issued again in the several districts of lower Assam including Bongaigaon. Though Citizenship Amendment Act is in force but, Hindu Bengali has not left out to get the notice. The Hindu Bengali too are receiving the notice. The main issue is…
Order imposing restrictions in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19 Issued by the Government of Uttarakhand on April 17, 2021
17-Apr-2021
The Government of Uttarakhand has imposed several restrictions in wake of the second wave of Covid-19. These measures are for the period between April 18, 2021 to April 30, 2021, and deal with curbing unnecessary movement of the people in order to check the spread of the disease. Accordingly, the number of attendees at marriages,…
Foreigners’ Tribunals: Why were they established and how do they operate? A ready reckoner to empower you with correct information and help you spot procedural violations
15-Apr-2021
Recently Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP)’s Assam team discovered that a number of Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) notices had been pasted on electricity poles in Bongaigaon in Assam. This is a clear violation of set law and procedure. In order to spot violations, one must first understand exactly how FTs are supposed to operate. Here,…
Guidelines for undertaking safety measures at Government workplaces Issued by the Government of Uttarakhand on April 14, 2021
14-Apr-2021
In the light of growing cases in the state, the Government of Uttarakhand has issued certain precautionary measures for Government offices. They were instructed to sanitize doors, lifts, stairs, chairs etc. at least twice every week with sodium hypochlorite or chloroxylenol or parachlorometaxylenol (PCMX). Likewise, they were instructed to sanitize floors, toilets etc. with phenol…
Pasting FT notices on electricity poles a violation of set law, procedure Assam Border Police’s actions are in contravention of provisions of FT Order 1964
14-Apr-2021
Recently the Assam team of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) had discovered many notices by Foreigners’ Tribunals (FT) pasted on electricity poles in Bongaigaon in Assam. This is a clear violation of procedure laid down explicitly by the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order of 1964. As per point 3 of this order that deals with Procedure for…
EXCLUSIVE: Foreigners’ Tribunal notices pasted on electricity poles in Assam! CJP finds several such notices across Bongaigaon; widespread panic among people
12-Apr-2021
Though assembly elections have ended in Assam, with the conclusion of the third phase on April 6, 2021, the politics over citizenship issue continues, with fresh panic being created in the form of Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) notices, that were found pasted on several electricity poles in Bongaigaon by the Assam team of Citizens for Justice…
CJP helping a daughter secure her mother’s release from Assam detention camp The Dalit woman has been languishing behind bars after being declared foreigner in an ex parte judgment
10-Apr-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), in its continuing efforts to help some of the most vulnerable and marginalized people of Assam, has now taken on a challenging new case. We are helping Champa Basfore secure the release of her mother Shanti from the Kokrajhar detention camp where she has been languishing since May 2019.…
Facebook continues to turn a blind eye to hate speech CJP’s report on how hate offenders continue to thrive on Facebook
07-Apr-2021
It was The Wall Street Journal’s report that exposed Facebook India’s questionable strategy related to inciteful speech. Our experience in filing regular and informed complaints to the platform for over three years now, was merely confirmed by this analysis that showed that Facebook India has been manipulating the company’s hate-speech rules to suit an extreme…