Citizens for Justice and Peace
800 kms, 5 districts: CJP goes the extra mile to locate detention camp inmate’s family Sona Khatun has been languishing behind bars for 5 years
17-Jul-2021
In yet another example of our unwavering commitment to helping our fellow Indians in distress, the Assam team of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) spent nearly a year looking for the family of Sona Khatun, who has been languishing behind bars in Assam’s Kokrajhar detention camp for five years. Assam state team in-charge Nanda…
Ninety-year-old Rajbongshi woman in the citizenship test Samoik Prasanga
08-Jul-2021
After birth she was named Moyna. As a child, she drew attention from the whole village for her beauty. Everyone in the village used to call her “Devi” because she looked like a goddess. Her name changed from Moyna Barman to Moyna Devi. She has 1951 NRC in this name. The adjective goddess for her…
91-year-old Assam woman declared D Voter, served notice to prove her Indian Citizenship Inside NE
03-Jul-2021
91-year-old Moyna Barman, who was declared a doubtful voter (D Voter) in the year 2007, has served notice to appear before a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) to prove her ‘citizenship’ of India. According to Barman, she lived in the riverine regions of Dhubri district along the Indo-Bangladesh border area all her life. She informed that she…
Beauty and the bumbling Beast of Bureaucracy A nonagenarian is forced to defend her citizenship!
26-Jun-2021
Moyna Barman, a Koch Rajbongshi woman in her 90s, was once the village belle. So much so that people started calling her Devi meaning goddess or angel in light of her divine looks, and that’s how her name got distorted in official records. Now the unlettered woman, who belongs to a community that is seen among the…
CJP’s work still going strong in Assam Six months into 2021, eight people released from Detention Camps, Covid relief work on in full swing
18-Jun-2021
CJP’s Assam team has not wavered from its path in the first six months of 2021, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and successive bouts of extreme weather. Our persistence has led to the release of eight people: four men and four women from various detention camps in the state. Alongside this, we also continued distributing relief…
After spending two years in detention camp, elderly woman finally released Way2Barak
16-Jun-2021
Despite being an Indian citizen, Shanti Basfore was released after spending two years in a detention camp. Despite having all kinds of documents, this woman in her sixties became an illegal citizen. After 2 years and 29 days, she returned home with the help of Citizens for Justice & Peace. Shanti is a resident of…
Joykrishna released from detention camp due to daughter’s persistence Bartalipi
16-Jun-2021
For COVID, using as a weapon of Supreme Court and Gauhati High Court’s order, Joykrishna Paul has been released from the Goalpara Detention camp after two years. Citizens For Justice and Peace (CJP) has rendered the helping hands to the family in this case. However, 21 years Monalisa Paul, daughter of Joykrishna Paul has taken…
TV and Social Media news coverage of Shanti Basfore Pratidin Time, North East Bulletin, Ishan News, Ishan News Digital, DPeoples Time, DNews, Times 30, Sky News Assam
15-Jun-2021
Pratidin Time https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=466818121072961 Northeast Bulletin:- https://www.facebook.com/nebulletin/videos/413070626323301/ Ishan News Digital:- https://www.facebook.com/103551101127944/videos/234964748394685/ Ishan News:- https://www.facebook.com/newsishan/videos/318477023186904/ dPEOPLEs Time:- https://www.facebook.com/dPEOPLEsTIME/videos/3885816484862038/ D News:- https://fb.watch/5X3KaHAUFi/ Times30:- https://www.facebook.com/100010618784453/posts/1439893499707929/ Sky News Assam:- https://www.facebook.com/assamskynews/videos/3409465675823762/
Breaking the curse! Shanti-Doyjan return from detention camp Bartalipi
12-Jun-2021
Despite being an Indian citizen, 60-year-old Shanti Basfore and 42-year-old Doyjan Bibi were detained in the detention camp. They had to stay in detention camps for more than two years due to poverty and the unilateral verdict of the Foreigners Tribunal. Despite having all the documents and evidence as Indian citizens, they have been imprisoned…
Dhubri’s another woman detained in Kokrajhar Detention Camp for 2 years Dhubri Buzz
08-Jun-2021
Shanti Basfore, a 60-years-old woman who belongs to a small Dalit Community in Assam, was detained in Kokrajhar jail cum detention centre, 2 years ago. She is a resident of Ramraikuti, Pt-2 village that falls under the jurisdiction of Agomani police station in Dhubri district. Her home is located only half a kilometer away from…