Citizens for Justice and Peace
The woman who lost 25 members of her family in the 2002 riots and went on to help other widows
27-Feb-2017
15 years after the communal carnage in Gujarat, Harsh Mander narrates a tale of exceptional courage. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP | Farzan Biwi, 22, who lost her husband during the communal violence in Gujarat, kisses her 15-day-old baby at a relief camp in Ahmedabad in May 2002. I have engaged for many years with survivors of communal…
15 years of Gujarat 2002 riots – why every Indian must remember
27-Feb-2017
During the times of Kabir in the 15th century, India simmered with communal tension, the reason why he wrote and sung so passionately about Hindu-Muslim unity. Like a huge flash in the pan, a riot would erupt quickly, consume what it could and die. In India in the last few decades, this flash has been…
Persistent in their Struggle for Justice, Gulberg Massacre Survivors Challenge Sessions Verdict: Gujarat 2002
07-Feb-2017
After a grueling exercise of over seven months, Survivors of the Gulberg carnage, both Rupabehn Modi and Sairabehn Sandhi, have filed an appeal against special court judge PB Desai’s June 2016 order convicting 24 accused and acquitting 36 others in Gujarat’s second worse massacre of 2002 and questioned the Judge’s discarding the charge of criminal…
With Asthana as Interim CBI Chief, CBI Resembles the Gujarat Bureau of Investigation
06-Dec-2016
With Sharma, Modi and now Asthana, the CBI is filled with acquiescent officers, comfortable to the Modi regime With the PMO (prime minister’s office) appointing Rakesh Asthana, a Gujarat cadre IPS officer, as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation—violating rules and norms—that has already attracted legal action challenging the move, the Delhi-based CBI…
Gujarat HC acquits 14, upholds Conviction of 17 in Sardarpura Massacre Case
20-Oct-2016
While upholding the conviction of 17 convicts, Gujarat High Court acquitted on Thursday remaining 14 convicts in Sardarpura massacre case of 2002. Image: The Indian Express Out of the 62 accused in the massacre that was probed by a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team, 31 were convicted for life imprisonment and the remaining had pleaded…
Lessons Not Learned from Gujarat 2002
28-Jun-2016
“With a purified heart, and with proper thinking, go on resolving to do honest work. The only objective of human life is to give up bad deeds and to develop good qualities.” – Atharvaveda, 5/3/41 “Oh men! you should not be satisfied with your present situation. You have to move forward and have to exert…
Lessons Not Learned from Gujarat 2002
28-Jun-2016
“With a purified heart, and with proper thinking, go on resolving to do honest work. The only objective of human life is to give up bad deeds and to develop good qualities.” – Atharvaveda, 5/3/41 “Oh men! you should not be satisfied with your present situation. You have to move forward and have to exert…
Travesty of Justice: Gulberg Society Verdict
19-Jun-2016
On June 2, 2016 declaring that he has not accepted the charge of criminal conspiracy, Special Judge PB Desai announced that he was convicting 11 accused for serious offenses and 13 others for lesser crimes. What followed was a courtroom drama that lasted four days with aggressive arguments being made by lawyers for the accused…
Special Court Convicts 24 of 66 Accused, Acquits 36 Others in Gulberg Society Massacre Case
03-Jun-2016
Photo credit: Indian Express Delivering its verdict in the Gulberg Society massacre case in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, a Special Trial Court today convicted 24 of the 66 accused while 36 others were given the benefit of doubt and acquitted. Of the 24 convicted, 11 have been held guilty of serious offences including murder,…
Gujarat 2002: The CM Supported the VHP during the Riots to get Hindu Votes, says Former Home Secretary
25-May-2016
Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover-Up, is a racy memoir of reporting undercover in Modi’s Gujarat. Rana Ayyub, formerly with Tehelka, posed as ‘Maithili Tyagi’, a USA-born filmmaker and interviewed key figures in the state, including senior police officers. Tehelka’s first such sting by Ashish Khetan, Operation Kalank, has been used as valuable evidence in key…