Citizens for Justice and Peace
नागरिकता पर क्या बोले कन्नन गोपीनाथन #NoCAA #NoNPR #NoNRC
04-Jan-2020
आईएएस अधिकारी कन्नन गोपीनाथन ने अगस्त में जम्मू-कश्मीर में हो रहे दमन के विरोध में इस्तीफा देकर एक मिसाल क़ायम की थी । इस विडीओ में सुनिए उनको कहते हुए कि कैसे CAA-NRC-NPR देश को कैसे ठेस पहुंचाएगा, छात्रों के आंदोलन ने उन्हें किस तरह प्रभावित किया है और उन्होंने इस्तीफा क्यों दिया था। वे लोगों से…
Kashmiri Pandit leader, Sanjay Tickoo talks about Governor’s Rule in J&K In conversation with Teesta Setalvad
22-Jun-2018
The declaration of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir has plunged the valley into political turmoil. Apprehensions are running high. CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad spoke to Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) leader Shri Sanjay Tickoo to find out more about the situation.
SC order on transferring Kathua Case outside J&K Read complete SC Order here
08-May-2018
On May 7, 2018, the Indian Supreme Court issued an order directing that the Kathua gang-rape and murder case be transferred outside Jammu and Kashmir. The case where an eight year old Muslim Bakarwal girl was kidnapped, drugged, raped and murdered in Kathua in Jammu in January, will now be heard by a District Judge in…
Group of ‘Intellectuals’: Kashmiri members of Crime Branch team “botched up” investigations in Kathua Report is a combination of conspiracy theories fanning communal flames
05-May-2018
In yet another attempt to discredit the investigation by the Crime Branch into the Kathua rape case, a ‘fact finding report’ by a group calling itself Group of Intellectuals and Academicians (GIA), claims that there are discrepancies in the charge-sheet and that the Crime Branch “botched-up” the investigations. However, a close inspection of these alleged discrepancies suggests that…
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…
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…
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…
How two lawyers are bringing hope for the Bakarwal community seeking justice in the Kathua Rape Case Deepika Singh Rajawat and Talib Hussain have prevailed and persisted despite threats
16-Apr-2018
It’s hard to find hope when everything around is moving into a dark abyss of misdeeds, hatred and sectarianism. When children yet to blossom into beautiful adults are sacrificed at the altars of nationalism, hatred, communalism. When a life is cut short way ahead of time and when those defending the child are also thirsty…
Shame on us Blog by Vidya Bhushan Rawat on Kathua Rape Case and the campaigns in support of the accused
16-Apr-2018
Chilling details have emerged of the abduction, rape and murder of the tribal girl in Jammu by the goons affiliated to right wing Hindu organisations. More chilling is the fact that Jammu remained closed in support of those who were accused of the heinous and gruesome crime. The lawyers and advocates of the courts who…