Citizens for Justice and Peace
Beauty and the bumbling Beast of Bureaucracy A nonagenarian is forced to defend her citizenship!
26-Jun-2021
Moyna Barman, a Koch Rajbongshi woman in her 90s, was once the village belle. So much so that people started calling her Devi meaning goddess or angel in light of her divine looks, and that’s how her name got distorted in official records. Now the unlettered woman, who belongs to a community that is seen among the…
After spending two years in detention camp, elderly woman finally released Way2Barak
16-Jun-2021
Despite being an Indian citizen, Shanti Basfore was released after spending two years in a detention camp. Despite having all kinds of documents, this woman in her sixties became an illegal citizen. After 2 years and 29 days, she returned home with the help of Citizens for Justice & Peace. Shanti is a resident of…
TV and Social Media news coverage of Shanti Basfore Pratidin Time, North East Bulletin, Ishan News, Ishan News Digital, DPeoples Time, DNews, Times 30, Sky News Assam
15-Jun-2021
Pratidin Time https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=466818121072961 Northeast Bulletin:- https://www.facebook.com/nebulletin/videos/413070626323301/ Ishan News Digital:- https://www.facebook.com/103551101127944/videos/234964748394685/ Ishan News:- https://www.facebook.com/newsishan/videos/318477023186904/ dPEOPLEs Time:- https://www.facebook.com/dPEOPLEsTIME/videos/3885816484862038/ D News:- https://fb.watch/5X3KaHAUFi/ Times30:- https://www.facebook.com/100010618784453/posts/1439893499707929/ Sky News Assam:- https://www.facebook.com/assamskynews/videos/3409465675823762/
Despite being an Indian citizen Shanti Basfore, who was in a detention camp, finally returns home Time8
06-Jun-2021
After being in detention camps for years as an Indian citizen, Shanti Basfore was finally able to return home. Despite having all the documents, this woman over 60 years, became an illegal citizen. Finally, after a long battle, she returned to home. After 2 years and 29 days, the old woman is able to come…
Mission continues, CJP helps Dalit woman walk out of Assam Detention Camp Shanti Basfore becomes the 41st person to be released with CJP’s help
05-Jun-2021
In April this year, CJP had brought to you the story of Shanti Basfore, a 60-year-old Dalit woman who has been languishing behind bars at the Kokrajhar detention camp since May 2019. We had met her daughter Champa who was deeply traumatised by her mother’s incarceration. But on June 4, we finally secured Shanti’s release on…
Abba, they took away Maa: CJP reunites a mother snatched away from her children in Assam Doyjan Bibi becomes the 40th person to be released from a Detention Camp with CJP’s help
31-May-2021
The voice of his son still rings sharp in his ears, “Abba they took away Maa!” Abdul Rezzak had just come back home from the market on May 7, 2019, incidentally the first day of Ramadan, to find a huge crowd outside his home. Turns out his wife Doyjan Bibi had been snatched away from…
CJP helps Bengali Hindu man get released from Assam Detention Camp The conch-shell bangle seller had spent two years behind bars
27-May-2021
On May 17, 2021, CJP helped Adhir Chandra Sarkar, a Bengali Hindu man secure conditional bail and step out of the Goalpara detention camp in Assam. Adhir, son of Jagadish Sarkar, hails from a suburban part of Bongaigaon that falls under the jurisdiction of the Merecher police station. He used to sell Shaankha or traditional bangles made…
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.…
Here’s why CJP wrote to Assam authorities over FT notices being pasted on electric poles This is in contravention of provisions of FT Order, 1964
07-May-2021
CJP has approached the Deputy Commissioner, Bongaigaon, Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam and Superintendent of Police (Border) with a memorandum to take cognizance of some instances where Foreigners Tribunal (FT) notices are not being duly served upon the noticee and instead, pasted on electricity poles in different parts of Bongaigaon. Watch the video…
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…