Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
‘Meticulous’ investigation yet little headway in Gauri Lankesh murder case 17 out of 18 accused arrested, but trial remains in limbo
04-Sep-2020
Journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was snatched away from friends, family and her fellow journalists three years ago. The fearless journalist was gunned down outside her home on September 5, 2017. Her killers, all affiliated to different right wing extremist organisations, wanted to silence her for her secular views and her stand against hardline groups…
CJP Impact: NBSA pulls up Aaj Tak for communal content during Ayodhya verdict coverage Press Release
23-Jan-2020
In a huge victory for secular forces in the country, the National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has reprimanded Aaj Tak for broadcasting communally divisive and inflammatory content during its coverage of the verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi – Babri Masjid case. On October 16, 2019, Aaj Tak had aired a debate show where participants were allowed to make…
Hate Watch: Aaj Tak’s tweet on Ayodhya openly spreads communal hate NBSA issues advisory
17-Oct-2019
Hate politics appears to have found a fertile playground within the news media, especially television. Of late, when dealing with religious and sensitive content, a shrill rhetoric that pits one community against another, is insidiously put in motion. It is in this context that we discuss today programming by Aaj Tak on October 16, 2019,…
CJP appeals to groups aiding victims of the NRC process to stand together: Assam Press Release
15-Oct-2019
Not for the first time, a section of the press recently questioned attempts by law students as well as legal and civil rights groups to reach down to the grassroots and assist the victims of the NRC and citizenship related process in Assam. It didn’t matter that help was being provided to some of the…
“Grim and despairing, death-knell for the media” NWMI-FSC report exposes absence of press freedom in Kashmir
05-Sep-2019
It has been a month since Kashmir went dark in wake of a virtual communication and media blockade, and now a report has emerged that exposes what is going on in that darkness. Prepared by the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) and the Free Speech Collective (FSC), the report titled News Behind the Barbed Wire:…
Role of the Media: How Hate was Spread in 2002 in Gujarat Excerpts from the Concerned Citizens Tribunal Report, Crimes Against Humanity, Gujarat 2002
29-Jan-2019
The following piece that first appeared in the Nov Dec 2002 edition of Communalism Combat examines the role of media in spreading hate during the Gujarat 2002 communal carnage. The Tribunal recommends that all the recommendations made by the Editors’ Guild in its report on the Gujarat carnage be implemented. India; Rights and Wrongs the Editors…
Bombay HC lifts Media Gag Order in Sohrabuddin Case If witness faces threat, testimony can be recorded 'in camera': Bombay HC
24-Jan-2018
The Bombay High Court has quashed the November 2017 order of the CBI Sessions Court preventing journalists from day to day coverage of the controversial Sohrabuddin case. In an order dictated between Jan 23 and 24, 2018, Justice Revati Dere of the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside the order of the CBI…
मानवाधिकार उल्लंघन पर भारतीय टीवी मीडिया की चुप्पी विशेष आमंत्रण पर विशिष्ट ब्लॉग
28-Nov-2017
हम प्राचीन और विशिष्ट दिल्ली जिमखाना में चल रहे एक हाई प्रोफाइल साहित्य उत्सव के सार्वजनिक मंच पर हैं, जो देश के सत्तारूढ़ संभ्रांत अभिजात्य वर्ग का गढ़ है, जब एक बुजुर्ग सज्जन खड़े होकर मुझ पर उग्र हो उठते हैं: ‘मैं पिछले आधे घंटे से आपकी बात सुन रहा हूं, आप एक देशद्रोही की…
Indian TV Media’s Silence on Human Rights Abuse An Exclusive Blog by Special Invitation
26-Nov-2017
We are on a public stage at a high profile lit fest in the pristine and exclusive Delhi Gymkhana, home to the country’s ruling elite when an elderly gent gets up and harangues me: ‘I have been listening to you talk for the last half hour, you talk like an anti-national, we should throw you out from here!’ I…