Citizens for Justice and Peace
A Day in the Life of Van Gujjars Photo Feature
19-Sep-2019
The Van Gujjars are a transhumance tribe of pastoralists belonging to the Himalayas. Their livelihood and subsistence depends primarily on their cattle. During summer they walk upto and beyond 12,500 ft in the mountains and trek down on the onset of winter. Ghulam Mustafa Chopra and I started our journey from Dehradun to Sakhri on…
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…
Hindu Ekta Manch allegedly targets man who provided burial ground for Kathua rape victim Has the communal agenda come full circle?
14-May-2018
Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM), the radical right-wing organisation that held a rally in support of the Kathua rape accused, is at it again. As if it wasn’t enough to wave the tricolour and make the accused come across as heroes who had been framed, HEM is now allegedly threatening the man who provided land to…
कठुआ के बकरवाल समुदाय के उत्थान हेतु वन अधिकार कानून आवश्यक : तालिब हुसैन विशेष संवाद में युवा वकील-कार्यकर्ता ने हमें बताए कमजोर खानाबदोश समुदाय को सशक्त बनाने के उपाय
25-Apr-2018
क्या जम्मू के जंगलों से बकरवाल समुदाय को जानबूझकर अलग रखना अंतर्निहित कारकों में से एक हो सकता है, जो कठुआ में एक नन्ही बच्ची के क्रूर बलात्कार और हत्या का कारण बन गया? तेजतर्रार वकील और कार्यकर्ता तालिब हुसैन, जो बच्ची के लिए न्याय के संघर्ष में सबसे आगे हैं, वन्य अधिकार अधिनियम, 2006…
Is a Police Press Release countering Fake News, India’s ‘New Normal’? J&K Police communique on Kathua rape and murder case demolishes all conspiracy theories
24-Apr-2018
While it is not uncommon for the police to issue press releases, one such communication from the Jammu and Kashmir Police came as a shocking reiteration of the reality of our times. The press release that shot down a variety of ‘conspiracy theories’ floating around in the aftermath of the gruesome rape and murder or…
सोशल मीडिया पर फैला मुसलमानों और रोहिंग्याओं के ख़िलाफ़ नफ़रत का ज़हर उकसाने वाले पोस्ट और उत्तेजक ट्वीट्स का उपयोग करके अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय के खिलाफ नफरत भड़काने का कपटी प्रयास
19-Apr-2018
गड़े मुर्दे उखाड़ना और झूठी ख़बरों का प्रसार प्रचार करना आज के दौर में इतना ज़रूरी हो गया है कि जब भी अल्पसंख्यकों के बारे में कोई भी खबर आती है तो साथ में आती है एक ‘कांस्पीरेसी थ्योरी’ या एक षड्यंत्र का मत, जिसके ज़रिये निराधार समानांतर सिद्ध करने की कोशिश की जाती है.…
How Kathua’s Horror Story Unfolded In this video CJP attempts to put together all facts of the incident
19-Apr-2018
The brutal gangrape and murder of an eight year old girl in Jammu and brazen attempt to defend the perpetrators shocked everybody in India. The Crime Branch chargesheet says that it was an attempt to drive Muslim Bakarwals out of the area. Related: Outrage spills outside Kathua and Unnao Implement FRA to empower Bakarwals…
EXCLUSIVE! Implement Forest Rights Act to Protect Bakarwals of Kathua: Talib Hussain The young lawyer-activist tells us what is required to empower the vulnerable nomadic community
19-Apr-2018
Could the deliberate alienation of Bakarwals from Jammu’s forest lands be one of the underlying factors that led to the brutal rape and murder of a little girl in Kathua? Talib Hussain, the firebrand lawyer and activist, who has been at the forefront for the struggle for Justice for the little girl, talks to us about…