Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP comes to the aid of Assam beggar served FT notice Name already included in NRC; impoverished family now traumatised unnecessarily
22-Nov-2021
During CJP’s journey so far, helping Indian citizens in Assam, we have seen many instances of people from socio-economically weak backgrounds facing greater challenges in defending their citizenship. But recently we came across the case of Shukur Ali, a man who begs for a living, and is now expected to defend his citizenship. This despite…
Victory! Mojibor Sheikh released from Assam Detention Centre with CJP’s help CJP had been working on his case since September
16-Nov-2021
On November 15, CJP finally succeeded in reuniting Mojibor Sheikh with his family after securing his release from the Goalpara Detention Centre in Assam. Sheikh, a daily wage labourer from Shaljhora village that falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaligaon police station in the Chirang district of Assam, had been declared foreigner and thrown behind bars…
বাংলার গঙ্গাধরকে কিভাবে অসমের ডিটেনশন ক্যাম্পে আটকে রাখা হয়েছিল ডিটেনশন ক্যাম্প থেকে বাংলায় নিজের বাড়ির পৌঁছলেন গঙ্গাধর প্রামানিক
18-Oct-2021
এই বিশেষ ভিডিওতে বাংলার গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিকের মর্মস্পর্শী কাহিনী দেখুন, যিনি আসামে একজন বিদেশি হিসেবে চিহ্নিত হয়েছিলেন এবং বাড়ি থেকে হাজার কিলোমিটার দূরে অসহায় ও একা গোয়ালপাড়া ডিটেনশন ক্যাম্পে তিন বছরেরও বেশি সময় কাটিয়েছিলেন। CJP এখন তাকে তার পরিবারের সাথে পুনর্মিলিত করেছে। আসামের ডিটেনশন ক্যাম্পে ভুগছেন, গঙ্গাধরের মতো আরও অসহায় নাগরিকেরা। তাঁদের কাছে পৌঁছাতে আমাদের সাহায্য…
How Bengal’s Gangadhar was trapped in Assam’s Detention Camp for almost four years Watch Gangadhar Pramanik's journey from detention camp to his home in Bengal
06-Oct-2021
Watch the heartbreaking story of Bengal’s Gangadhar Pramanik, who was dubbed a foreigner in Assam and spent more than three years in Goalpara Detention Camp, helpless and lonely, thousands of kilometres away from home. CJP has now reunited him with his family. Help us reach more hapless citizens like Gangadhar suffering in Assam’s detention camps.…
Foreigner! Bankura youth in Assam jail for 4 years Anandabazar Patrika
19-Sep-2021
Gangadhar Pramanik, a young man from Bishnupur in Bankura, went to Assam in the hope of finding a way to earn a living. Didn’t get job, got imprisonment instead! In 2017, the Assam Border Branch police sent Gangadhar’s name to the foreigners tribunal as a suspicious foreigner. Gangadhar could not have imagined that he would…
Bankura youth in Assam jail for 4 years! Anandabazar Patrika
17-Sep-2021
গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিক কোনও একটা রোজগারের উপায় বেরোবে এই আশায় অসমে পাড়ি দিয়েছিলেন বাঁকুড়ার বিষ্ণুপুরের যুবক গঙ্গাধর প্রামাণিক। কাজ জোটেনি, বদলে জোটে কারাবাস! ২০১৭ সালে অসমের সীমান্ত শাখার পুলিশ গঙ্গাধরের নাম সন্দেহজনক বিদেশি হিসেবে ফরেনার্স ট্রাইবুনালে পাঠায়। নিজের দেশের মধ্যেই পড়শি রাজ্যে যে তাঁকে হঠাৎ ‘বাংলাদেশি’ হিসাবে কাঠগড়ায় তোলা হবে ভাবতে পারেননি গঙ্গাধর। তাই সঙ্গে রাখেননি…
CJP Helped Gangadhar To Meet His Mother After Spending 4-years In Detention Centre In Assam Sentinel Assam
17-Sep-2021
Gangadhar said that when he reached Guwahati, a person has offered him a job, food, and shelter. A 23-year old person who is a resident of West Bengal and was declared a foreigner by Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and put him behind the bars in Goalpara detention camp finally released and met with his family.…
Back from citizenship ‘hellhole’: West Bengal worker’s plight at ‘transit camp’ in Assam greatbengaltoday.com
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar carries with him a harrowing preview of the fate that awaits people when citizenship regimens are enforced in a country with poor documentation record Snehamoy Chakraborty, Umanand Jaiswal: Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his home in Bengal on Wednesday from a detention camp in Assam, carrying with him a harrowing sneak preview of the probable…
Parbati Das: Grandma not “Ghuspethia” Part of CJP’s Stories from Assam series
02-Aug-2021
During our work, upholding and defending the rights of our fellow Indians in Assam, we came across many instances of unlettered housewives, even elderly women, being victimised by a document-dependent system that fails to take into account ground realities in rural India. 73-year-old Parbati Das was thrown into a detention camp because she had no…
Over-reach, rules Gauhati HC sends case back to Foreigner Tribunal The order declaring Golapi Begum foreigner was set aside and the petitioner was protected
23-Jul-2021
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order of Foreigners Tribunal, Baksa, Assam declaring an individual to be foreigner, holding that the Tribunal had acted beyond its jurisdiction. The bench of Justices N Kotiswar Singh and Soumitra Saikia held that the Tribunal had acted beyond the reference made by the Superintendent of Police and…