Citizens for Justice and Peace
Meet Hate Offender Kalicharan ‘Maharaj’ His hate speech has targeted everyone from minorities to women to even Gandhi!
10-Jan-2022
On Friday January 8, 2022, a Pune Court granted bail to Kalicharan Maharaj, alias Abhijit Dhananjay Sarag, who was arrested by Pune police for a hate speech case from December 2021 where he allegedly spoke against Muslims and Christians. The court directed that Kalicharan be released subject to furnishing a bail bond of ₹25,000 and…
Majority must demand justice for minorities: Sign CJP’s petition NOW! A call to the comfortable majority of the country
06-Jan-2022
What should have served as a wake up call to all, just faded into the background like nothing had happened. In the past few weeks, the barrage of hateful attacks on the minority communities in this country is something that we have never seen before. Yet the majority, largely chose to remain silent. When only…
Hate Hatao: How CJP fought hate in 2021 A look at how we fought hate crimes this year
31-Dec-2021
The year 2021 saw CJP step up its campaign against hate and bigotry. We approached several authorities against incidents of targeted violence against minorities, incendiary statements made by public figures against women and minorities as well as inflammatory speeches. Here’s a look at how we fought instances of hate & hate crimes in 2021. Visit…
Hate Hatao: CJP doubled its efforts to check hate crimes in 2021 Petitions moved before several authorities led to favourable outcomes
28-Dec-2021
The year 2021 saw CJP step up its campaign against hate and bigotry. We approached several authorities against incidents of targeted violence against minorities, incendiary statements made by public figures against women and minorities as well as inflammatory speeches. CJP’s complaints have invoked action from the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) as well as the…
Hate offender Wasim Rizvi fans communal flames again His book about Prophet Mohammed is full of vile allegations
15-Nov-2021
Wasim Rizvi, the former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board, is in the news once again for his deeply communal and Islamophobic diatribe, this time published in his book titled Muhammad, purportedly on the life of the Prophet Mohammed, one of the most revered figures in Islam. One could have gauged the contents…
CJP moves NCM against Yati Narsinghanand’s followers for hate speech This is the second such complaint and also seeks expedited action against Narsinghanand
12-Nov-2021
CJP has once again approached the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) against followers of Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of Dasna Devi temple. Narsinghanand is notorious for making hateful speeches against women and members of minority communities. A few days ago, two of his followers, Suresh Rajput and Rahul Sharma, had during a live session on Facebook made…
How does mainstream media portray violence on Farmers? Protesting farmers continue to face systemic violence and character assassination
20-Oct-2021
From being called ‘Khalistanis’, ‘terrorists’ to ‘paid protestors’, Farmers agitating against the Farm Laws 2020 face systemic prejudice and name calling for standing up against the administration, by some of our mainstream media houses, allowing those in positions of power to spread hate against them. CJP has been dedicated to finding and bringing to light…
Hate Watch: Hindutva outfit leader assaults Muslim man on train Man’s appeals for help fall on deaf ears
20-Oct-2021
Yet another shocking incident of a hate crime against a person hailing from the minority community has come to light via a video that went viral on social media. In it, a Hindutva outfit leader is seen thrashing a Muslim man on a train. “We will kill you next time you touch a Hindu woman,”…
Hate watch: TN Police debunk Sudarshan TV’s communal ‘Fake News’ The channel had claimed that a student was beaten for wearing a ‘rudraksha’ mala
19-Oct-2021
Suresh Chavhanke owner ‘editor’ of Sudarshan News” has been publicly snubbed by none other than Tamil Nadu Police’s senior officer Dr.P Vijaya Kumar I.P.S., Superintendent of Police of Chengalpattu district, for sharing fake and maliciously distorted news. This is Fakenews @TwitterIndia https://t.co/Q6Eo5Elz8X — Vijayakumar IPS (@vijaypnpa_ips) October 18, 2021 CJP is dedicated to finding…
Attacks on Churches: Why CJP has written to Minorities Commission We demand a full fledged investigation so that the culprits are arrested
13-Oct-2021
Watch: Following multiple instances of attacks on Churches in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and, most recently, in Roorkee, Uttarakhand among many others, CJP has written to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to take cognisance of these various instances of attacks. We are dedicated to finding and bringing to light instances of…