Citizens for Justice and Peace
Terror Laws under a Proto-Fascist Regime Draconian laws are repealed when citizens' protests multiply and grow
18-Sep-2021
Senior counsel, Mihir Desai delivered this lecture of September 5, 2021 at an online event organised by the Gauri Memorial Trust and Citizens for Justice and Peace. CJP is happy to bring the entire text of the lecture here. It is a pleasure as well as a privilege to be invited to present this paper…
Bullets cannot kill Gauri Lankesh’s legacy A webinar hosted in honour of Gauri Lankesh
07-Sep-2021
Watch this exclusive webinar where young student activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha pay homage to Gauri Lankesh on her fourth death anniversary and discuss the challenges faced by the country at present. Followed by a special lecture delivered by Senior Counsel Mihir Desai on Terror Laws under a Proto-Fascist Regime. Co-organized…
Dissent Is Not Treason A webinar to Understand the National Security Laws
31-Aug-2021
In honor of slain journalist and rationalist Gauri Lankesh, Gauri Memorial Trust and Citizens for Justice and Peace hosted a lecture to understand the National security laws and how they promote jurisdiction of suspicion and deny remedies. Watch this lecture delivered by Gautam Bhatia, a practicing lawyer and academic with close involvement in constitutional rights.…
National security laws promote jurisdiction of suspicion and deny remedies: Gautam Bhatia Online lecture was third in a series of webinars organised in memory of Gauri Lankesh
30-Aug-2021
In honour of slain journalist and rationalist Gauri Lankesh, Gauri Memorial Trust and Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) have been hosting a series of webinars since August 15. On August 29, we hosted a lecture on the subject: Dissent Is Not Treason, Understand National Security Laws, delivered by Gautam Bhatia, a practising lawyer and academic…
A Legal History of NSA: Independent India’s version of the draconian Rowlatt Act UP govt imposing NSA on more Bhim Army Activists after Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan
26-May-2018
The National Security Act (NSA) has several draconian provisions, many of which are being increasingly used to incarcerate human rights defenders across India. Here’s a brief history of how the NSA came into being and how it is being increasingly used against to target Dalit leaders and activists in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Soon after the…
Caging the Dalit Tiger: UP govt extends Chandrashekhar Azad’s detention under NSA by 3 months State keeps finding reasons to keep the young Human Rights Defender behind bars
07-May-2018
Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad’s ordeals are far from over. The flamboyant Dalit rights activist, who goes by the monicker ‘Ravan’ in defiance of a god-fearing hegemonic society, has been behind bars since June 2017 and is unlikely to get out any time soon courtesy the Uttar Pradesh government. On May 2, the Adityanath administration…
अपने सिद्धांतों पर समझौता करने से पहले, मरना पसंद करूंगा: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ मानवाधिकार रक्षक की रूपरेखा
04-May-2018
चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद एक जुझारू दलित युवा नेता हैं, जिन्हें जून 2017 से अवैध तरीके से जेल की सलाखों के पीछे बंदी बना कर रखा गया है. उन्होंने सामाजिक परिवेश में हिन्दुओं की ऊँची जाति के भगवान से डरने वालों को पुरस्कृत करती प्रथा के खिलाफ जाकर ‘रावण’ के उपनाम को धारण किया. पिछले कुछ सालों…
चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद को रिहा करो अभी इस याचिका पर हस्ताक्षर करें
04-May-2018
भीम सेना प्रमुख, चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद की रिहाई और उनके खिलाफ राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा कानून (रासुका या NSA) के आरोपों को खारिज करने के लिये CJP ने उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्य मंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ के नाम एक याचिका तैयार की है. हमने उनसे अनुरोध किया है कि वे जल्द से जल्द चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद को जेल से रिहा…
दलितों की दशा और देश की दिशा भीम आर्मी के विनय रतन से तीस्ता सेतलवाड की बातचीत
09-Apr-2018
देश के कोने कोने में आज भी दलितों पर अत्याचार हो रहा है. उनकी आवाज़ को दबाए रखने की कोशिश में उनके नेताओं को जेल में कैद किया जा रहा है. उत्तर प्रदेश में युवा दलित नेता चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद उर्फ़ रावण को जून २०१७ में सहारनपुर में दंगे भड़काने के जुर्म में गिरफ़्तार किया गया…
How NSA is being used against Human Rights Defenders Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad's lawyer Advocate Ravi Kiran explains
31-Mar-2018
The National Security Act (NSA) has several draconian provisions that are being used by the state to scuttle the voices of dissenters. These provisions enable the state to detain people on the grounds of them posing threat to national security. Provisions of the NSA have also been used to perpetuate incarceration of human rights defenders such…