Citizens for Justice and Peace
Former Judge in the dock for inflammatory speech at J&K rally Join CJP's campaign for #HateFreeElections
01-Apr-2019
An FIR has been lodged against former district judge, Syed Tauqeer from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The former judge reportedly resorted to inflammatory speech while addressing a gathering in the area. Tauqeer was reported to have said, “I have been told that the forest department is closing your roads. Now you have my…
BJP candidate says 2019 election is “test of the common Indian’s patriotism” Join CJP's campaign for #HateFreeElections
01-Apr-2019
Tejasvi Surya, 28, the BJP’s MP candidate from Bengaluru South has courted controversy ever since his candidacy was announced. In a latest development, a brief video on Facebook shows him declaring, “This election is a test of the common Indian’s patriotism, and if you are with Modi, you are with India, if you are not with…
Hate Watch: SP leader makes sexist remarks against Jaya Prada Join CJP's campaign for #HateFreeElections
29-Mar-2019
You know it is election season when political leaders start making hateful comments about their electoral rivals, comments that target people based on their religion, caste or gender and stem from a deep seated hate of the same. On March 28, Samajwadi Party leader Feroze Khan, who heads the party in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district,…
Controversial RSS-backed candidate contesting from Sabarimala constituency K. Surendran had previously used cow slaughter images to stoke controversy
27-Mar-2019
RSS-backed Kerala BJP state unit general secretary K. Surendran has bagged the important ticket from the Pathanamthitta district situated in Sabarimala. This constituency is based around the Sabarimala temple. He will be contesting against sitting Congress MP Anto Antony and LDF (CPIM led Left Democratic Front) candidate Veena George. K. Surendran was earlier booked on charges of conspiracy to…
Hate Hatao: CJP’s New App to Fight Hate Download now!
30-Jan-2019
Today, on the 71st anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, a true messiah of peace, we at Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) are strengthening our resolve to ending the culture of hate and bigotry that threatens the socio-cultural fabric of our nation. We are launching Hate Hatao, a revolutionary new app designed to fight…
All About the Hate Hatao App Hate Hatao Desh Bachao!
30-Jan-2019
Citizens for Justice and Peace launches a simple yet revolutionary app to help fight hate. In this video CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad explains what the app does and how to recognize signs of trouble and hence how to prevent petty prejudices escalating into large scale violence. Related: Hate Hatao: CJP’s New App to…
हेट हटाओ, देश बचाओ: जानिए इस App के बारे में CJP पेश करती है एक क्रांतिकारी App
30-Jan-2019
सालों से नफ़रत और हिंसा का मुकाबला कर रही CJP पेश करती है एक क्रांतिकारी नया APP – हेट हटाओ। बढ़ती साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा और घृणा के बिगड़ते माहौल में हेट हटाओ ऐप से आप उपयुक्त सबूतों जैसे कि, स्क्रीनशॉट, वीडियो या एक तस्वीर के ज़रिए अभद्र भाषा, धमकी और हेट स्पीच से जुड़े अपराधों को…
Hate Watch: CJP writes to Zee News Seeks action against hate filled poetry show
11-Jul-2018
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has written to the Zee Media Corporation after its channel, Zee News, saw fit to air a divisive programme on June 30, 2018, on its ‘Kya Kehta Hai India’ segment. The programme featured multiple poets who called for widespread violence against the population of Jammu and Kashmir, with no…
How Hate for Muslims and Rohingyas Sells and Spreads on Social Media Insidious attempts to demonise the minority community using incendiary posts and inflammatory tweets
17-Apr-2018
‘Whataboutery’ and ‘fake news’ have become such a staple of our times that every time a news story involving the minority community is reported, it is accompanied by ‘conspiracy theories’ and attempts to draw ‘false equivalence’. The Kathua rape and murder case was no different. What was disturbing though was how the willful campaign of…
फिरोज़ाबाद में शांति भंग करने की कोशिश नाकाम पुलिस ने किया भाजपा का पर्दाफाश
17-Feb-2018
उत्तर प्रदेश के फ़िरोज़ाबाद में भाजपा के युवा नेताओं द्वारा दंगा भड़काने और शान्ति भंग करने की कोशिश पुलिस ने नाकाम की. इसका सबक सिखाने के लिए जब पुलिस पर ही हमला किया गया तब जिला प्रशासन और पुलिस के आला अधिकारियों ने कारवाई करते हुए, दोषिओं को गिरफ्तार कर लिया – तब मौके पर…