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…
2021: A harvest of hate Unprecedented number of communal hate crimes
29-Dec-2021
2021 saw a surge in hate crimes against religious minorities, particularly Muslims and Christians. However, India does not possess an independent, comprehensive yet authoritative, or statutory database of the quantum and kind of hate crimes that have taken place across the country. Here, we have tried to compile a list of such hate crimes based…
Hate Watch: Paramhans Das raises demand for “Hindu Rashtra” Ayodhya "Godman" makes hateful comments about minorities
08-Oct-2021
Jagadguru Paramhans Das of Tapasvi Chhawani in Ayodhya had recently issued a statement that he will take his own life by immersing himself in water if the Union government did not declare India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ by October 2. He further said that citizenship of Muslims and Christians should be terminated. After this announcement, he…
Hate Watch: Now, accusations for “Marks Jihad”! Communal allegations by DU professor after Kerala students get high scores
08-Oct-2021
After allegations of “Love Jihad”, “Land Jihad”, even “UPSC Jihad”, communal hate has been freshly repackaged into wild allegations of “Marks Jihad”. Recently, after students from Kerala ended up getting perfect scores, Rakesh Kumar Pandey, an associate professor in the Physics department of Kirori Mal College of the Delhi University said that “the invasion of…
Assam Police shot dead 12-year-old returning from Aadhaar centre! Sheikh Farid’s parents are still in shock, his brother spoke to CJP
27-Sep-2021
One of the most gut-wrenching images from the September 23 police firing on evicted families in Assam, was that of an unconscious young boy with a blood-soaked shirt. That young boy was 12-year-old Sheikh Farid who succumbed to a hail of bullets fired by the Assam Police. It is now learnt that he was only…
CJP approaches NCM against Yati Narsinghanand’s hate speech Complaint highlights how Hindu men are being radicalised to “act” against Muslims
12-Aug-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), has approached the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to take cognisance of the Islamophobic statements made by Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, and his endeavour to provoke young Hindu men to act against Muslims. After one such public address by Yati propagating hate against Muslims went viral on social media, CJP…
CJP complains to NCM against hate monger Vikas Sehrawat He is the hate spewing priest, Yati Narsinghanand’s disciple
24-Jul-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace, has written to the National Commission for Minorities to take cognisance of the vile and anti-minority statements made by one Vikas Sehrawat alias Malik Sehrawat, who is also a disciple of the hate spewing priest, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati. CJP has reported on a video uploaded by Vikas on his Facebook…
Protecting and Promoting Minority Rights in India’s Criminal Justice System: Need for a Special Law Paper in honour of Justice PB Sawant
09-Jul-2021
Minority rights in India’s criminal justice system (CJS) are in dire straits as revealed graphically in institutional murder of Father Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist. The indifference of the authorities to end such horrific human rights violations has been graphically brought out in several recent reports. The persisting violence and crimes against the minority…
CJP writes to Zee News over their Population Politics show The show used communal and offensive taglines and pictures
05-Jul-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has sent a complaint to Zee News for their unverified and misleading live debate programme titled Kudrat ek bahana hai, Muslim abaadi badhana hai? (Nature is just an excuse, the motive is to increase Muslim Population?) that aired on June 27, 2021. The show focused on how the Uttar Pradesh government…
CJP approaches Twitter over sexually violent content against Muslim women Obscene and abusive content exists on Twitter despite its policy against it
28-May-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace has sent a complaint to Twitter bringing its attention to certain abusive accounts on Twitter that indulge in a sexualised campaign against Muslim women. The complaint has listed down some unchecked accounts that promote material that is not only pornographic but also glorifies sexual violence against Muslim women. It states…