Citizens for Justice and Peace
FT Notices pasted on electric poles, CJP petitions Assam authorities Pasting notice for appearance in public places is against due process
07-May-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has approached the Deputy Commissioner, Bongaigaon, Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam and Superintendent of Police (Border) with a memorandum to take cognisance of some instances where Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) notices are not being duly served upon the noticee/proceedee and are instead, pasted on electricity poles in Bongaigaon.…
Victory! Two more inmates released from Assam detention camp with CJP’s help They were languishing in the Goalpara Detention Camp for two years
05-May-2021
CJP helps two men, hailing from economically weak backgrounds, secure release on bail from Goalpara detention camp in Assam. Despite facing challenges due to Covid surge, lockdown, curfew and in the middle of heavy rainfall and an earthquake, team CJP completed all formalities to help these two men so that they can return to their…
Victory! CJP helps two more Assam detention camp inmates get released on bail One is a riot survivor and the other is the son of a nomad Baul singer
03-May-2021
On April 30, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) was able to help two men hailing from extremely economically weak backgrounds secure release on bail from the Goalpara detention camp in Assam. While Abdul Sheikh is a riot survivor whose home was burnt down during ethnic clashes in the state, Gopal Mandal never had a…
CJP’s legal fight to free Dalit woman named Shanti who was dubbed Bangladeshi Samoik Prasanga
24-Apr-2021
Who says detention camps have become a symbol of hell for only religious and linguistic minorities? Sixty-year-old Shanti is being held captive in Kokrajhar detention camp after being identified as a foreigner in an ex parte judgement by the Foreigners Tribunal. No, this old lady is neither a Hindu Bengali nor a Muslim Bengali. Shanti…
CJP Impact: 34th person walks out of Assam Detention Camp Banesa Bibi was released on conditional bail due to CJP’s efforts
06-Feb-2021
One more person has walked out of Assam’s infamous detention camps with CJP’s assistance, taking the tally to 34. Banesa Bibi was released on conditional bail from Kokrajhar detention camp after spending 2 years and 18 days behind bars. 58-year-old Banesa Bibi is a resident of Village no. 2 Dhupguri, Lungjhar that falls under the…
CJP helps release yet another helpless woman from Assam’s detention camp Watch this video to know more about Banesa Bibi
05-Feb-2021
In a huge victory for CJP’s team Assam, Banesa Bibi became the 38th person to be released from Assam’s detention camp with our help. Help us help more victims of the citizenship crisis in Assam. Donate at cjp.org.in/donate Related: Assam: Differently abled person’s family loses everything while fighting the citizenship crisis Citizenship crisis death toll…
Overcoming trauma together: CJP in Assam How we secured a widow’s release from a detention camp to complete her husband's post-death rituals
29-Dec-2020
It was a cold morning. I was awakened by my ringing mobile phone at 5.30 AM. I answered the phone as no one calls me this early given how it is well known that my work keeps me awake till late at night. In fact, I could only go to bed at 3.30 AM, that…
The institutional murder of Gopesh Das 109th person to die in connection with the citizenship crisis in Assam
21-Dec-2020
On December 15, Gopesh Das spoke to his wife Amala over the phone one last time. Amala was declared a ‘foreigner’ and is lodged at the Kokrajhar detention camp. For close to two years, her release was the only thing on Gopesh’s mind. But when nothing worked in his wife’s favour and she continued to…
Mother of five reunites with children after two years: CJP Assam Harbala Khatun is the 32nd inmate to be released from Assam's detention camp with CJP's help
08-Jul-2020
Harbala Khatun was forced to spend over two years in a detention camp, away from her five sons, three of whom are minors, and her entire family. But with CJP’s help, she was released on conditional bail and stepped out of the Kokrajhar detention camp on June 24, and was once again united with them.…
CJP Assam: Reaching out to released detention camp inmates fighting poverty We are dedicated to fight for the impoverished who are trapped in the citizenship crisis
17-Jun-2020
Till date, CJP Assam has managed to secure release of 32 inmates from Assam’s detention camps. Most of these recently released inmates come from very low income families, some have no source of income at all. CJP is continuing to keeping in touch with these people and helping them in any way we can. We…