24-Nov-2021
१५ नवम्बर को सीजेपी ने चिरांग के मोजिबोर शेख़ को डिटेन्शन कैम्प से रिहा करवाया। वह दो साल से अपने परिवार से दूर, जेल में क़ैद थे। CJP द्वारा रिहा करवाए गए, मोजिबोर ४९ क़ैदी हैं। असम का साथ दें: https://cjp.org.in/donateforassam/ Related: Victory! Mojibor Sheikh released from Assam Detention Centre with CJP’s help Have somehow…
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…
22-Oct-2021
The West Bengal government has included Gangadhar Pramanik’s name in the electoral rolls of his home district of Bankura. The move comes a month after a team of Bengal government officials, led by Anup Kumar Dutta, sub-divisional officer (Bishnupur, Bankura) visited Pramanik’s home in Radhanagar village on September 17, and confirmed his Indian citizenship. CJP…
22-Sep-2021
In some heart-warming news, the West Bengal government has confirmed the Indian citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik, a man who had left Bankura a decade ago to look for a job in Assam, but instead found himself behind bars at the Goalpara Detention Centre. CJP had helped secure his release on conditional bail and our team…
16-Sep-2021
Gangadhar Pramanik, a man from west Bengal who was declared foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam and thrown behind bars at the Goalpara detention centre, was finally reunited with his family in Bankura. His mother Bharati, could not believe her eyes as she saw her son for the first time in nearly 10 years.…
13-Sep-2021
Over the last few months, we have brought to you instances of people from other Indian states being declared foreigners in Assam and sent to detention camps. These include Lalit Thakur – a barber from Bihar, Dipak Deb – who hails from Tripura, and Mrinal Mandal – who originally hails from West Bengal, but moved to Assam after marrying an Assamese…
28-Aug-2021
We had recently brought to you the story of Dipak Deb, a man from Tripura, who was declared foreigner and thrown into a detention centre in Assam. His fellow inmate, Mrinal Mandal suffered the same fate – being declared foreigner despite hailing from West Bengal. But after spending 735 days behind bars, Mandal was able to…
27-Aug-2021
In yet another example of how sheer paranoia regarding “foreign infiltrators” has led to persecution of genuine Indian citizens in Assam, Dipak Deb, who originally hails from Tripura, was declared foreigner and was forced to spend five years behind bars in an Assam Detention Centre. But with CJP’s help, Dipak Deb was finally able to…
13-Jul-2020
As if the nationwide lockdown in wake of the outbreak of the Coronavirus wasn’t placing enough strain on the lives and livelihoods of people hailing from impoverished backgrounds in Assam, cyclone Amphan, floods and heavy rains have continued to wreak havoc in the region. However, undeterred by any of this, CJP has surged forth in…