Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bengali Hindu couple falsely accused of using fake legacy person CJP helps clear name, family included in final NRC
14-Oct-2019
52 year old Gopal Das went into a shock after the publication of the final draft of the NRC in July 2018. His entire family had been left out of the list despite having all documents. But CJP stood by the family and now their names have been included in the final NRC. Gopal Das…
असम NRC : खत्म हो दर्द, त्रासदी और शिकार बनाए जाने का दुश्चक्र सचिव की मेज़ से
03-Sep-2019
असम में NRC की प्रक्रिया 2009 से ही शुरू हो गई थी. कोर्ट की निगरानी में यह प्रोसेस जारी था. यानी 10 साल की लंबी प्रक्रिया के बाद आखिरकार 31 अगस्त, 2019 को NRC की फाइनल लिस्ट प्रकाशित कर दी गई. लिस्ट से 19,06,657 लोग बाहर हैं. अब वे क्या करेंगे? उनके लिए क्या रास्ता…
What next for those left out of the NRC? From the Secretary's Desk
31-Aug-2019
The NRC, is a process that is complex and not so easy to understand. So far, it has been unique to Assam. It was a consensual process arrived at after the tumultuous years that preceded the Assam Accord, when aggression, strife and violence marred a politics that was driven by real or imagined fears of…
CJP ने चलाया असम के भारतीय नागरिकों को कानूनी मदद देने का अभियान पैरालीगल कार्यकर्ताओं और स्थानीय और जिला स्तर के वकीलों को दी ट्रेनिंग
30-Aug-2019
सिटिजन फॉर जस्टिस एंड पीस (CJP) ने असम में भारतीय नागरिकों को अपनी नागरिकता के दावे को अच्छी तरह पेश करने की ट्रेनिंग देने के लिए हाल में एक कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया था. इस कार्यक्रम में पैरालीगल कार्यकर्ताओं और स्थानीय और जिला स्तर के वकीलों को उन कौशल और ट्रेनिंग से लैस कराया गया,…
Gov’t bats for Legal Aid for those excluded from NRC MHA extends deadline to file appeals, AASU objects
26-Aug-2019
On August 20, 2019, Assam’s Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah held discussions on the impending situation arising out the final publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list on August 31,2019. Following these meetings, local media reported that a policy decision has been taken to give legal aid to all those…
Watch: Re-verification notices spark panic in Assam, SC order violated? Assam NRC process causes chaos
05-Aug-2019
Thousands of re-verification notices have been served in lower Assam summoning people for hearings, virtually overnight, in places as much as 600 kilometers away. Apart from being in clear violation of the July 23, 2019 order of the Supreme Court that turned down the state and center’s demand for such re-verification, poor access to transportation…
Re-verification notices spark panic in Assam, SC order violated? Family meets with accident on the way to hearing
05-Aug-2019
Thousands of re-verification notices have been served in lower Assam summoning people for hearings, virtually overnight, in places as much as 400 kilometers away! Poor access and transportation have rendered this latest move by the NRC authorities callous and brutal, apart from being in clear violation of the July 23, 2019 order of the Supreme…
CJP in Action: Additional Exclusion list released, our team swings into action in Assam CJP volunteers counsel distressed families, help with procedure and paperwork
31-Jul-2019
June 26 brought more bad news for the people of Assam, when an Additional Exclusion list was released as per which 1,02,462 more people will be excluded from the NRC. This is in addition to the 40, 07,707 who had been excluded from the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018. This has caused widespread…
CJP in Assam: Our appeals ensured due process in Assam 'Excluded' names from the hearing dates now scheduled
25-Jun-2019
CJP’s team of volunteers working tirelessly on the ground in Assam have achieved a huge success. They circulated notices in Assamese and Bengali to ensure those being excluded from due process and hearings at the NRC centres, actually got justice. As a result the NRC authority was then compelled to schedule hearing dates of those…
असम में मुस्लिम परिवार पर हुआ हमला, CJP ने की रक्षा NRC दावा आपत्ति सुनवाई केंद्र के बाहर हुआ हमला
13-Jun-2019
असम में NRC दावा – आपत्ति प्रक्रिया में शामिल होने वाले एक भारतीय असमी मुस्लिम परिवार पर सुनवाई केंद्र के बाहर कुछ लोगों द्वारा क्रूरतापूर्वक हमला किया गया। इतना ही नहीं, पीड़ित परिवार की महिलाओं तक को नहीं बक्शा गया। घटना स्थल पर मौजूद पुलिस कर्मियों ने जब कथित तौर पर कोई कार्रवाई नहीं की,…