Citizens for Justice and Peace
In Defence of HR Defender Setalvad and the Course of Public Justice (Gujarat 2002)
20-Oct-2010
October 20, 2010 In Defence of HR Defender Setalvad and the Course of Public Justice (Gujarat 2002) The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) especially its secretary Teesta Setalvad has been made the focus of a malicious and motivated campaign spearheaded by a newspaper run by BJP parliamentarian Chandan Mitra. While legal rebuttals and…
Media on Witness Pleas
19-Oct-2010
October 19, 2010 Rejecting Witness Plea to Probe Destruction of Records Unfortunate The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) terms as unfortunate the rejection, by the Gujarat Sessions and Gujarat High Court, of the eyewitnessÂ’ pleas to examine those witnesses who could throw a light on the destruction of police control room records of…
CJP Condemns Threats to Mr Javed Akhtar
16-May-2010
May 16, 2010 Press Statement CJP Condemns Threats to Mr Javed Akhtar The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) condemns the threats issued to Rajya Sabha MP, Mr Javed Akhtar who is also on the Board of Directors of CJP. Mr Akhtar received threats through an email allegedly because he challenged a recent fatwa…
SIT Chairman Raghavans Comments
14-May-2010
CJP Submissions
14-May-2010
Note with the Rejoinder filed by CJP
28-Apr-2010
April 28, 2010 Petition of the reconstitution of SIT adjourned to May 6, 2010. The affidavit in rejoinder filed by Teesta Setalvad for Citizens for Justice and Peace is attached below with a brief note. Response of Teesta Setalvad, Citizens for Justice and Peace Affidavit in Rejoinder filed on 24.4.2010 EXCERPTS/POINTERS Government of GujaratÂ’s…
SC tells Gujarat riots probe team to come clean-DNA
20-Jan-2010
The DNA January 20, 2010 SC tells Guj riots probe team to come clean Rakesh Bhatnagar. NEW DELHI The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2002 Gujarat riot cases to file its response to the allegations that it has withheld some vital evidence regarding the involvement of ruling…
Condemnation of Attack at Nayana KathpaliaÂ’s home
12-Jan-2010
January 12, 2010 Condemnation of Attack at Nayana KathpaliaÂ’s home Ms. Nayana Kathpalia and Ms. Neera Punj are activists protecting the open spaces in Mumbai which are inadequate and yet always under threat from government and private parties who seek to divert them for their purposes. The open spaces serve the general good by…
2010: United Nation’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
01-Jan-2010
In the wake of continous reports of the large number of cases of sexual offences committed during the communal carnage of 2002, CEDAW asked the Government of India to submit a follow-up report “On the impact of massacre on women in Gujarat” by January 2008. CEDAW has also asked the government provide information disaggregated by…