Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP’s online training programme on CAA-NPR-NRC CJP addressed activists and educationists in Mumbai about India’s citizenship laws
03-Jul-2021
Amidst the Covid-19 chaos, many pressing social issues were side-lined at the beginning of 2020. Among them were some of the most pivotal movements against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). While the physical presence of this dissent had to be withdrawn, organisations like Citizenship…
91-year-old Assam woman declared D Voter, served notice to prove her Indian Citizenship Inside NE
03-Jul-2021
91-year-old Moyna Barman, who was declared a doubtful voter (D Voter) in the year 2007, has served notice to appear before a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) to prove her ‘citizenship’ of India. According to Barman, she lived in the riverine regions of Dhubri district along the Indo-Bangladesh border area all her life. She informed that she…
Gauri Lankesh case: CJP assists sister Kavitha move SC SLP filed opposing dropping of KCOCA charges against key accused
29-Jun-2021
CJP is assisting filmmaker and poet Kavitha Lankesh, sister of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh move Supreme Court against an order by the Karnataka High Court dropping charges under Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) against accused Mohan Nayak. The accused has used the Karnataka HC order to apply for bail in the case. Mohan…
CJP’s work still going strong in Assam Six months into 2021, eight people released from Detention Camps, Covid relief work on in full swing
18-Jun-2021
CJP’s Assam team has not wavered from its path in the first six months of 2021, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and successive bouts of extreme weather. Our persistence has led to the release of eight people: four men and four women from various detention camps in the state. Alongside this, we also continued distributing relief…
After spending two years in detention camp, elderly woman finally released Way2Barak
16-Jun-2021
Despite being an Indian citizen, Shanti Basfore was released after spending two years in a detention camp. Despite having all kinds of documents, this woman in her sixties became an illegal citizen. After 2 years and 29 days, she returned home with the help of Citizens for Justice & Peace. Shanti is a resident of…
Joykrishna released from detention camp due to daughter’s persistence Bartalipi
16-Jun-2021
For COVID, using as a weapon of Supreme Court and Gauhati High Court’s order, Joykrishna Paul has been released from the Goalpara Detention camp after two years. Citizens For Justice and Peace (CJP) has rendered the helping hands to the family in this case. However, 21 years Monalisa Paul, daughter of Joykrishna Paul has taken…
TV and Social Media news coverage of Shanti Basfore Pratidin Time, North East Bulletin, Ishan News, Ishan News Digital, DPeoples Time, DNews, Times 30, Sky News Assam
15-Jun-2021
Pratidin Time https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=466818121072961 Northeast Bulletin:- https://www.facebook.com/nebulletin/videos/413070626323301/ Ishan News Digital:- https://www.facebook.com/103551101127944/videos/234964748394685/ Ishan News:- https://www.facebook.com/newsishan/videos/318477023186904/ dPEOPLEs Time:- https://www.facebook.com/dPEOPLEsTIME/videos/3885816484862038/ D News:- https://fb.watch/5X3KaHAUFi/ Times30:- https://www.facebook.com/100010618784453/posts/1439893499707929/ Sky News Assam:- https://www.facebook.com/assamskynews/videos/3409465675823762/
Breaking the curse! Shanti-Doyjan return from detention camp Bartalipi
12-Jun-2021
Despite being an Indian citizen, 60-year-old Shanti Basfore and 42-year-old Doyjan Bibi were detained in the detention camp. They had to stay in detention camps for more than two years due to poverty and the unilateral verdict of the Foreigners Tribunal. Despite having all the documents and evidence as Indian citizens, they have been imprisoned…
Meet Churki Hansda: Once branded a witch, now hailed as a Corona warrior She is now supplying oxygen and food to people in need in Birbhum
10-Jun-2021
Churki Hansda’s family had to leave their home in Gopalnagar village of Kasba panchayat in Parui in Birbhum district, because they were accused of ‘witchcraft’ by the villagers. They weren’t just blamed for every mishap that happened in the village, but even attacked with sticks and stones. Slurs of ‘dayan’ or witch, followed them everywhere, till one day…
Dhubri’s another woman detained in Kokrajhar Detention Camp for 2 years Dhubri Buzz
08-Jun-2021
Shanti Basfore, a 60-years-old woman who belongs to a small Dalit Community in Assam, was detained in Kokrajhar jail cum detention centre, 2 years ago. She is a resident of Ramraikuti, Pt-2 village that falls under the jurisdiction of Agomani police station in Dhubri district. Her home is located only half a kilometer away from…