Citizens for Justice and Peace
Uttarakhand Van Gujjars face Eviction! Nomadic community of Rajaji National Park being driven out of their forests
09-Aug-2018
Van Gujjars, the nomadic tribes living in Aasa Rodhi Range, Ramgarh in the Rajaji National Park (RNP) of Uttarakhand face an imminent threat of eviction that too during the monsoons! According to a statement issued by the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) this vulnerable community is being threatened and driven out by…
UP police claim Kismatiya is Manju and is named in the FIR Sukalo and Kismatiya still 'missing' as police try new tricks to subvert law and extend custody
18-Jul-2018
As human rights defenders Sukalo and Kismatiya still remain ‘untraceable’, the UP police are claiming that Kismatiya’s real identity is that of one Manju, who has been named in the FIR filed by the police. The All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUFWP) has refuted such claims and said that this is one more devious manoeuver…
सोनभद्र की बेटी सुकालो मानवाधिकार रक्षक का परिचय
14-Jul-2018
यह कहानी है सुकालो गोंड की. एक ऐसी आदिवासी महिला, जिसने झुकने से इनकार किया और अपने आदिवासी भाई-बहनों के वन अधिकार के लिए संघर्ष करते हुए, आज भी डटी हुई हैं. सुकालो उस संघर्ष का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा हैं जिसने देश के वन अधिकार अधिनियम, 2006 को उत्तर प्रदेश के सोनभद्र क्षेत्र में स्थापित किया.…
Where are Forest Rights movement leaders Sokalo and Kismatiya? UP Govt says both were released, though they remain untraceable for over a month
13-Jul-2018
It was the second hearing of the Habeas Corpus Petition filed for the release of Forest rights movement leader Sukalo Gond and Forest Rights Committee (FRC) secretary Kismatiya Gond from illegal incarceration, and both couldn’t be traced and weren’t produced in the court either. In a startling ‘disclosure,’ the Uttar Pradesh (UP) state government…
Adivasis in Chandauli, UP file Community Resource rights claims to Forest Land SDM caught unaware of FRA, 2006 as villagers brave adverse weather to file claims
03-Jul-2018
On June 29, 2018, more than one thousand Adivasi people from 8 Gram Sabhas (GSs) in Chandauli district of UP filed community resource rights claims to forest land under Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 at District Magistrate’s office. This is a huge step given how these communities are being repeatedly targeted by police and other…
Free Sokalo and Kismatiya NOW CJP and AIUFWP move Allahabad HC
30-Jun-2018
Sokalo Gond (Treasurer of AIUFWP) and Kismatiya Gond (Secretary, Forest Rights Committee), were arrested from Chopan station, Sonbhadra on June 8. CJP and AIUFWP have moved Allahabad High Court to release illegally detained Adivasis. Watch this video to know more:
CJP and AIUFWP move Allahabad High Court to release illegally detained Adivasis Habeas Corpus Petition filed to protect Sukalo Gond and Kismatiya Gond
28-Jun-2018
CJP is committed to upholding and defending the rights of all Indians, especially those belonging to some of the most vulnerable and marginalised sections of society. With this in mind, we have been fighting shoulder to shoulder with Adivasis and forest workers in different parts of India, in our common quest for the implementation of…
CJP stands by the Adivasis of Odisha in POSCO In conversation with Adv. Devyani Kulkarni
27-Jun-2018
The battle against POSCO, one of the most effective resistances the country has witnessed in the recent past is not over yet. The South Korean corporate giant has retreated from the region but the state doesn’t seem to have ended its war against the Adivasis who fought for their land. POSCO, the biggest foreign direct…
FRC Robertsganj, UP seeks withdrawal of “illegal” notice Notice over "illegal occupation of land" issued to Forest Rights Committee members
12-Jun-2018
In the latest development in the forest rights struggle in Sonbhadra, the Sub District Magistrate (SDM) of Robertsganj has issued notices for “illegal occupation of land” to the president and members of the Forest Rights Committee (FRC). Notably, the people had filed Community resource rights claims, along with 16 Gram Sabhas (GS), on March 23,…
URGENT ALERT: Adivasi Forest Movement leader Sukalo arrested Even as UP’s Forest Minister assures Action on Incidents of Police violence, Police Carry Out Clandestine Arrests
09-Jun-2018
Sukalo Gond, the treasurer of AIUFWP, along with Kismatiya Gond and Sukhdev Gond were arrested in a clandestine manner from Chopan station, Sonbhadra, UP just as they were returning after a meeting with the state forest minister, Dara Singh Chauhan and Forest Secretary in Lucknow on June 6. Sukhdev Gond is resident of village Lilasi…