Citizens for Justice and Peace
राज्य प्रायोजित नफ़रती प्रोजेक्ट : दिल्ली दंगा 2020 घटना के बारे में अभी भी आधा दर्जन रिपोर्ट पर पूछताछ बाकी है
11-Oct-2021
दिल्ली ने फरवरी 2020 में 22 तारीख़ से 28 तारीख़ के बीच जो तबाही का मंजर देखा उसकी भावनात्मक यादें डेजा वू (एक ऐसी स्थिति जिसमें पहले से ही घटना का अनुमान लगा लेना) के डरावने साये की तरह हमेशा बनी रहेंगी। इसे डरावना इसलिए कहा गया क्योंकि यह राज्य आधारित सनक और नफ़रत से…
Why is Gulfisha Fatima still behind bars? The UAPA accused has spent 18 months behind bars
09-Oct-2021
Gulfisha, commonly known as Gul, among her family and friends, was arrested on April 9 last year, in FIR 48 of 2020 related to the communal violence in the National Capital. FIR 48 was registered at Jafrabad Police Station under Indian Penal Code sections of murder, rioting, being part of unlawful assembly, and sedition. After…
Callous, indolent, inefficient, vague: Courts on Delhi Police’s role in investigating 2020 violence An analysis of over 10 orders points to an inefficient investigation by a centrally controlled police department
06-Sep-2021
A few years ago, the top court of our country had observed the prejudicial and biased approach adopted by the investigative agency in the Best Bakery Case, where the tiny outlet was burnt down on March 1, 2002 by a violent mob in motivated retaliation to the Godhra train mass arson. After a series of…
HRD Ishrat Jahan awaits bail in Delhi Violence Case Incarcerated for close to 15 months, this lawyer-activist, charged under the draconian UAPA, has applied for bail
23-Jul-2021
Advocate, Ishrat Jahan, has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for her alleged role in the North East Delhi violence of 2020, when in fact she was a pro-active in organizing the anti-CAA/NPR-NRIC protests that rocked Delhi in December 2020-January 2021 in the area of Khureji. She was among the first to…
Ishrat Jahan, fiery activist moves court for bail: UAPA Case For 15 months after she has been in jail in the Delhi 2020 Violence
22-Jul-2021
Ishrat Jahan is an advocate, activist and a political leader, numerous photographs of her over the years, always show her smiling. Often surrounded by groups of people, sometimes at interfaith gatherings, or speaking at a public function, or simply surrounded by school kids, Ishrat Jahan always has a smile on her face in these photos.…
ये लोग हमें डराना चाहते हैं, लेकिन हमें आवाज़ उठाते रहना पड़ेगा आसिफ़ इक़बाल तन्हा और तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ की बातचीत
16-Jul-2021
सीजेपी सचिव तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ द्वारा संचालित छात्र कार्यकर्ता आसिफ़ इक़बाल तन्हा का यह विस्तृत और जानकारी भरा इंटरव्यू देखें, जो बतौर एक छात्र, एक कार्यकर्ता, उनकी क़ैद और हाल ही में रिहाई के रूप में उनके सफर की दास्तान है. जिस से इस देश की न्याय प्रणाली और अल्पसंख्यकों की स्थिति का पता चलता है.…
Delhi HC’s fitting reply to the criminalisation of dissent and protest From the Secretary’s Desk
17-Jun-2021
June 15 2021 brought us the three judgements granting regular bail to three young activist academics, Asif Tanha, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, in the infamous cases alleging “conspiracy” into the February 2020 targeted violence in North East Delhi. The significance of the substantively reasoned orders will not merely grant these three persons their freedom…
A new hope: Student activists charged under UAPA get bail Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Tanha Iqbal were accused in the Delhi Violence conspiracy case
16-Jun-2021
Securing bail under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 is an anomaly but not on June 15, when the Delhi High Court granted bail to student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Natasha and Devangana in the North East Delhi Violence case. All three have been implicated in FIR No. 59 of…
Creative understanding of UAPA grants freedom from jail for activists: Delhi HC Orders in Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha’s case come as a whiff of fresh air
16-Jun-2021
Over the past few years, Indian civil society has been badly hit by use of laws such as Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), sedition, FCRA, NSA, AFSPA* and various other similar laws. UAPA is possibly the most extreme due to its stigmatising effect and the Himalayan problem of getting bail, used wantonly in a large…
What are the Rights against being handcuffed in India? Iron fetters and handcuffs violate human rights
12-Jun-2021
For a lay person the visual of a person getting arrested or being escorted to court, includes him being restrained by handcuffs. That is how arrests were and are portrayed in movies and pop culture for decades. However, the use of handcuffs, while once a common practice, has now been restricted by directives of the…