Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hate Hatao: CJP doubled its efforts to check hate crimes in 2021 Petitions moved before several authorities led to favourable outcomes
28-Dec-2021
The year 2021 saw CJP step up its campaign against hate and bigotry. We approached several authorities against incidents of targeted violence against minorities, incendiary statements made by public figures against women and minorities as well as inflammatory speeches. CJP’s complaints have invoked action from the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) as well as the…
The Importance of Zakia Jafri’s Protest Petition EPW
30-Oct-2021
It is not often that the battle against aggressive communalism, the sustained mobilization that precedes brute and targeted violence and includes hate speech and hate writing, the deliberate debilitation and paralysis of preventive and pro active measures of law and order that minimize the spread of reprisal violence and protect lives and properties, gets sustained…
Kawardha communal violence: CJP petitions DGP to take certain action against perpetrators Right-wing Hindutva mob pelted stones, and attacked homes in Chhattisgarh
09-Oct-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has written to the Director General of Police (DGP) of Chhattisgarh in connection with the October 5 incident of communal violence in Kawardha town in Kabirdham district. A mob of nearly 3,000 miscreants, carrying saffron flags, allegedly attacked houses and vehicles of people, and also pelted stones. A copy…
CJP approaches Twitter over sexually violent content against Muslim women Obscene and abusive content exists on Twitter despite its policy against it
28-May-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace has sent a complaint to Twitter bringing its attention to certain abusive accounts on Twitter that indulge in a sexualised campaign against Muslim women. The complaint has listed down some unchecked accounts that promote material that is not only pornographic but also glorifies sexual violence against Muslim women. It states…
Communal Riots in 2020 Low Numbers only a Deception
04-Feb-2021
Introduction: In the previous section of this report, the authors highlighted the heightened structural violence in India which is contributing to intensifying communal violence. Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) brings out annually comprehensive reports on communal violence- consisting of structural violence, physical violence, attitudinal and symbolic violence, to understand the emerging patterns…
भड़काऊ भाषण देने वाले कपिल मिश्रा के ख़िलाफ़ CJP की मुहिम Sign our Petition against serial hate speech offender Kapil Mishra
27-Feb-2020
इस याचिका पर sign करें http://chng.it/HmTNbHDNvt कहा जा रहा है कि उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली में हुए दंगों में कपिल मिश्रा एवं अन्य भाजपा नेताओं के भड़काऊ भाषणों का बड़ा हाथ है । कपिल मिश्रा पहले से ही सांप्रदायिक ज़हर फैलाने के लिए मशहूर है । क्या उनके ख़िलाफ़ करवाई होगी ? Related: Press Release: CJP and…
CJP’s online petition to CJI: Hold Kapil Mishra accountable for instigating the Delhi violence Sign our petition urging CJI Bobde to prosecute the serial hate offender
26-Feb-2020
In the wake of the gruesome Delhi violence, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has initiated an Online Petition appealing to the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, to hold Kapil Mishra – said to be the chief instigator – accountable for instigating violence using hate speech and prosecute him. BJP leader Kapil Mishra is…
Is UP at war with it’s own people? Fact finding report by Karwan-e-Mohabbat reveals administration's inefficiency and possible complicity
25-Feb-2020
In wake of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) coming into effect, several protests had erupted across India. While most remained peaceful, violence was reported from a few. However, questions that need to be asked are; who triggered and who perpetrated the violence, and who was at the receiving end. Now, a fact-finding report by Karwan-e-Mohabbat,…
Pehlu Khan lynching: Rajasthan files appeal before HC Two appeal petitions against the acquittal of all six accused in the Alwar lynching case
18-Oct-2019
The Rajasthan government and the family of Pehlu Khan filed two appeal petitions on Thursday before the Rajasthan High Court against the acquittal of all six accused in the Alwar lynching case. This came in wake of the August 14 order of a trial court at Alwar that had acquitted all six accused. They had been charged with…
Hate Watch: Meet the Dadri Lynching accused who opened fire at Police CJP Hate Watch
23-Sep-2019
Hari Om, an accused in the 2015 Dadri lynching case was arrested after an encounter with police in Greater Noida, UP, this month. Though Hari Om was granted bail in the mob lynching case he was later wanted in at least four cases of robbery and dishonestly receiving stolen property in Ghaziabad. When UP police…