Citizens for Justice and Peace
“99% of the victims of gender violence were killed afterwards”
20-Jun-2017
ICF speaks to Teesta Setalvad The first part of our extended interview with the civil rights activist and journalist, who has been a key part of the struggle for justice and reparations for survivors of the pogrom in Gujarat in 2002. Ahmedabad, 2002 / AFP via Livemint To begin with the special court’s verdict, in…
Cancellation of FCRA of Sabrang Trust to stop public justice says Teesta Setalvad
12-Jun-2017
Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand are considering taking the matter of the FCRA cancellation of Sabrang Trust to court. The big verdict of Gulberg massacre case came on 17th June, 2016 and interestingly Sabrang Trust’s FCRA was cancelled by MHA on the 16th June. In a detailed 24-page response dated October 5, 2015, Sabrang Trust,…
Busting the Myth – Teesta Setalvad cheated residents of Gulberg society
12-Jun-2017
Myth- Teesta Setalvad cheated residents of Gulberg society. There has been a propoganda against Teesta Setalvad that she had collected money in the name of memorial “for” the victims “from” the victims and others. That she never gave that money to the victims. Fact- Teesta Setalvad gave legal aid to the victims/residents of Gulberg society. Yesterday, 2nd of June was the day of…
2002 Gujarat riots “update”: 1,926 lost their lives; “historic” efforts on to link violence with state culpability
28-Feb-2017
India’s most renowned human rights activist who has taken up the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, Teesta Setalvad, has told Counterview that a fresh exercise by her NGO, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), suggests that “as many as 1,926 lives were lost in the reprisal violence that broke out after the Godhra tragedy from February…
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…
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…
Gulberg Massacre Conspiracy: The Telltale Mobile Call Records of February 27/28, 2002
18-Jun-2016
In his oral observations pronouncing judgement on June 2, special judge P.B. Desai said in open court that he has not accepted the rigorous arguments made by advocates for the witness survivors, with evidence, on a wider conspiracy behind the Gulberg carnage. Curiously, SIT prosecutor RC Kodekar (appointed after the first public prosecutors RK Shah…
Gulberg Sentence: Survivors say Life over Death
17-Jun-2016
Credit:AFP, Sam Panthaky UPDATE: Today, June 17 is the day that final judgement will be delivered in the Gulberg Society Massacre. Witness Survivors have filed detailed Written Arguments making a strong case for life sentence. The advocates for the survivors, backed by Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) have also ,ade out a strong case…