Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hate Hatao: CJP doubled its efforts to check hate crimes in 2021 Petitions moved before several authorities led to favourable outcomes
28-Dec-2021
The year 2021 saw CJP step up its campaign against hate and bigotry. We approached several authorities against incidents of targeted violence against minorities, incendiary statements made by public figures against women and minorities as well as inflammatory speeches. CJP’s complaints have invoked action from the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) as well as the…
Zee News dodges inquiry into “Zameen Jihad” show citing technicality CJP had moved NBDSA over the Islamophobic, inflammatory and hateful content of the show
23-Nov-2021
Zee News dodged a bullet on November 13, when the National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) ruled that it needed to uphold the statute of limitations as it applied to a complaint file by Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) regarding the highly communal and inflammatory content of its show on the subject of…
CJP approaches NBSA against Zee’s Population Control show The show portrayed the Muslim community insensitively
26-Jul-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed a complaint with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) against Zee News’ debate programme ‘Taal Thok Ke’, which used the offensive slogan “Kudrat ek bahana hai, Muslim abaadi badhana hai?” (Translation: Nature is just an excuse, the motive is to increase Muslim Population?), that aired on June 27, 2021.…
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 writes to Zee Media against their “Vaccine Jihad” show A vaccine wastage incident in Ecuador, was falsely reported to have happened in UP
05-Jun-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has written to the Zee Media Corporation after its channel, Zee Hindustan aired a show on May 30 that misinformed viewers about an alleged vaccine wastage incident by ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife), Niha Khan from Jamalpur Primary Health Centre in Aligarh, UP. The show alleged that Khan disposed of…
CJP in Action: Bringing hate-mongering news media to justice Here’s how we are taking action against TV news channels that spread hate and fake news
28-Nov-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has a proud history of thwarting attempts to spread hate. We work tirelessly to bring to justice news channels and media outlets that spew communal venom. To this end, we have taken action against different media houses and new agencies who we discovered were engaging in hate speech and…
NBSA acts on CJP’s complaint against Zee News report on ‘Zameen Jihad’ Calls broadcaster for virtual hearing on November 26, 2020
30-Oct-2020
On October 28, 2020, the National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) informed Zee News channel, via an official email, to be present for a hearing on November 26, 2020, to look into allegations of running a communal programme titled “DNA: Jammu म ज़मीन के ‘इ लामीकरण‘ का DNA टे ट (DNA test of Islamic conversion of land in Jammu). The email through which the response was…
Victory! NBSA rules in CJP’s favour in Complaint against Zee News Broadcaster warned, asked to remove content
03-May-2019
In a huge victory for CJP’s campaign against hate speech, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has acted on our complaint against Zee News and asked the channel to take down inflammatory and violence inducing content broadcast in June 2018 during its show Kya Kehta Hai India. In its order issued on May 1, the NBSA has stated,…
NBSA Accepts CJP complaint against Zee TV for inciteful telecast Calls both parties for hearing on February 25, 2019
12-Feb-2019
CJP’s complaint dated July 9, 2018, against Zee News for violating the News Broadcasting Standards Authority’s (NBSA) Special Guidelines covering Impartiality, Neutrality and Fairness, when it aired a programme titled ‘Kya Kehta Hai India’ on June 6, 2018 at 8 p.m., has been accepted. Both parties have been called for a hearing in New Delhi…
Hate Watch: CJP’s complaint over hate-filled content on Zee News continues CJP responds to NBSA over letter from Zee Media Corporation
09-Oct-2018
CJP received a response from Zee Media Corporation Ltd. (ZMCL) after we first sent a letter, and then filed a complaint with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA), over hate-filled and violence-inducing content aired on Zee News in June 2018. CJP has since responded to the NBSA, requesting that our complaint may be pursued further.…