Citizens for Justice and Peace
Gautankwad: Beginning of the End? How a team of dedicated lawyers from Jharkhand secured justice in the Alimuddin Ansari lynching case
28-Mar-2018
A fast track court in Ramgarh sentenced 11 cow vigilantes including a local BJP leader to life imprisonment for lynching 45 year old coal trader Alimuddin Ansari. In this exclusive interview to CJP, Advocate Md Shadab Ansari explains the challenges of the trial. Q) Tell us a bit about your team and how you came…
गौरक्षकों की गुंडागर्दी का किसानो पर क्या असर हो रहा है? अर्थव्यवस्था हुई अस्तव्यस्त
24-Mar-2018
गौरक्षा के नाम पर हिंदुत्व गुंडों की मनमानी का असर सिर्फ मुसलमानों और दलितों तक सिमित नहीं है – इसका असर अब भारत के गांव-कूचों में सदियों से चली आ रही अर्थव्यवस्था पर भी दिखाई दे रहा है. विडियो में किसान सभा के वरिष्ठ नेता और केरल के पूर्व विधायक पी कृष्णप्रसाद इस विषय पर…
Want Justice not Revenge: Mariam Ansari Jharkhand lynching victim Alimuddin Ansari’s widow does not want death penalty for convicted Gau Rakshaks
17-Mar-2018
In an EXCLUSIVE interview Mariam Khatoon, the widow of Alimuddin Ansari who was killed by gau rakshaks on June 29 last year, has said she does not want her husband’s convicted killers to hang. “Though they murdered my husband I don’t want them to lose their lives,” she told this reporter at her home…
Local BJP leader among 11 convicted in Alimuddin Ansari lynching case in Jharkand Victim of Gautankwad gets justice
16-Mar-2018
A local BJP leader is among the 11 people convicted by a Jharkhand court in the Alimuddin Ansari lynching case. 45 year old coal trader Ansari was mercilessly lynched by nearly 100 men on June 29, 2017 in Ramgarh district for allegedly transporting beef in his van. This is the first conviction in any of…
The Lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq A timeline of all developments in the investigation and trial in the Dadri lynching case
05-Feb-2018
Mohammed Akhlaq’s brutal murder at the hands of his fellow villagers is seen as the first lynching in a cow vigilantism case in India. Mohammed Akhlaq was the first victim of Gautankwad. [TIMELINE-25405] Related: Victims of Gautankwad: Pehlu Khan Victims of Gautankwad: Alimuddin Ansari Lynched in India
Police file chargesheet against Pehlu Khan, call him Cattle Smuggler Accused go scot-free, even as victims are penalised
01-Feb-2018
In a damning indictment of police incompetence and perhaps even state sponsored persecution of minority communities, the Alwar Police have filed a chargesheet against Pehlu Khan and his companions in the infamous Alwar Lynching Case. Picking up from a previously launched smear campaign where the focus was on making Pehlu Khan and his sons look…