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The CJP effect: SC orders no children be sent to detention camps in Assam Interim order protects children excluded from NRC; Attorney General required to record an undertaking

06-Jan-2020

The Supreme Court has passed an interim order protecting children excluded from Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) from being sent to detention centres. CJP had moved an application seeking directions from the apex court, drawing attention to Constitutional and legal obligations. We had prayed, specifically, that no child excluded from the NRC is either sent…

Drama Unfolds as Three Lawyer-Activists Arrested Rejection of bail pleas by Pune court on the last day of house arrest paves way for custody

27-Oct-2018

While Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Fereira were feretted away by the Pune police in Mumbai within minutes of the Pune court rejecting their pleas for bail, the police waited outside Sudha Bharadwaj’s home from the midnight of October 26-27 Drama over the arrests of renowned human rights activists and lawyers continued into the midnight of…

Join CJP to keep the Good Fight going Know Your Rights, Defend Your Rights

23-Nov-2017

Teesta Setalvad, Co-Founder, Citizens for Justice and Peace, urges you to take action now. Join CJP and become a part of a movement dedicated to upholding the rights and freedoms of all.