The UAPA gives unbridled powers to the government authorities to detain an individual based on vague and arbitrary grounds. This has led to several persons being detained for months together before finally securing bail.

#UAPA #Bail #Justice
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Report by CHRI and AALI lays bare UP Police's strategy of delayed FIRs, intimidation tactics and pressure to ‘compromise’ in rape cases! #UPPolice #Justice #Hathras (1/5)
cjp.org.in/up-police-addi… Of the 14 cases, FIRs of rape were registered only in 11 cases. Of the 11 cases, the time taken by the police to finally register an FIR ranged from 2 to 228 days. (2/5)

Part-1 of CJP’s webinar reveals how authorities are abusing their power to usurp rights of forest dwellers. (1/7)
cjp.org.in/forest-rights-… On August 7 and 8, 2020, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) and All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) @aiufwp conducted a two-day webinar titled Forest Rights Movement and Covid-19. (2/7)

One year after the #AssamNRC, what is the fate of the 19 lakh excluded? @TeestaSetalvad in conversation with @alijamser #CJPforAssam facebook.com/cjpindia/video… .@alijamser says that after a six year long process involving thousands of government employees, the 19 lakh plus people excluded from the #AssamNRC are yet to be given the reason for their exclusion #CJPforAssam

UN agencies say persons deprived of their liberty in prisons, administrative detention centres, immigration detention centres and drug rehabilitation centres, require a specific focus. (1/5)
cjp.org.in/persons-depriv… Particular attention needs to be paid to persons deprived of liberty belonging to vulnerable or high-risk groups, such as the elderly, women, children, and persons with disabilities, amongst others. (2/5)

Sister Meena recounts the horror of her personally being attacked, a survivor of Gendered Violence, she was paraded naked, an axe held to her neck. "I saw Death and Hate" she says. I have no words to explain the trauma, the physical trauma pain and agony. 1/2 Nights were dreadful, dreams haunted me: I lived with the renewed memories of the heinous attacks four times in a night. Mother Mary came to my solace. So did Jesus' humiliation 2/2

Activist @johndayal explains how the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal epitomises not only targeted violence against religious and other minorities, but impunity and state acquiescence with powerful political vested interests. (1/5)

cjp.org.in/remembering-ka… Kandhamal violence was the biggest atrocity in the Indian subcontinent on the Christian community since the tragedy of the West coast Catholics who were taken into captivity and marched to Seringapatam. (2/5)

The Right to Vote in India has a rich history that needs to be revisited in wake of the huge internal displacement of people in wake of the Covid-19 lockdown. #LetMigrantsVote 1/9
cjp.org.in/cjp-campaigns-… Dr. BR Ambedkar's vision resulted in Article 326 of the Constitution. It provided that elections would be held on the basis of universal adult franchise. It also prevented exclusion of people from voting or standing for elections due to elitist notions of qualifications. 2/9

How has CJP managed to secure bail for 32 detainees from #Assam's infamous #DetentionCamps ?
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#CrisisInAssam 1/10 @DsaikiaOfficial @vrindagrover @afridahussai @Karma_Paljor 1) Identify eligible detainees

CJP volunteers are in touch with authorities at various detention camps as well as lawyers and family members of detainees. We prepared a list of who have completed the requisite period in detention in order to qualify for bail. 2/10
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#Adivasi Community attacked in UP and Dehradun.
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Adivasis, or India’s indigenous people, have been leading a peaceful struggle for their rights to ‘jal-jungle-jameen’ or forest land and its bounty for several generations.
@AdivasisMatter @HansrajMeena The escalation of violence appears to be related to an increasing number of Adivasis asserting their rights guaranteed under the #ForestRightsAct 2006, by filing community land claims.
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Come rain or shine, cyclones or floods; CJP's work continues in #Assam:
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(1/6) After #CycloneAmphan, heavy rains continued to pound many parts of #Assam. Here are a few images captured by CJP Team in #Goalpara (2/6)

Will the government repay me the money I have lost due to the lockdown? #MigrantDiaries I’m Dilip Rana, a construction worker.I hail from Odisha & have worked in Mumbai for 15 years. My income supports my wife and 3 daughters back home. #MigrantDiaries

If not for obhab (want), why would we leave our birthplace? If not for threats from locals and the fear of starvation, why would we rush back home? #MigrantDiaries I’m Tinku Sheikh, a ‘rajmistri’ (expert mason/foreman) from West Bengal, working in Mumbai. I left behind elderly parents, an ailing wife and a 4 year old daughter. #MigrantDiaries