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Over the last 30 years or more, the civil rights movement in India has emerged as an autonomous voice in defense of civil liberties and democratic rights of our people. The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi, is one such organisation. It came into existence in 1976-77 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.

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Press Releases


May 19 22:06

Stop the Police Brutality Against Maruti Suzuki Workers

 The Haryana Government yet again in a brazen and outright cowardly manner has sought to protect the interest of capital and particularly the management of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd by refusing to allow the victimised workers and their families to undertake a peaceful demonstration planned for today which was expected to draw in ten thousand people from across the state.

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May 13 05:30

PUDR demands the unconditional release of Abhay Sahu.

PUDR unequivocally condemns the undemocratic ways of the Odisha government in trying to further corporate interests under the rhetoric of development, subjecting the locals to repression, displacement and a threat to survival.

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Apr 30 21:57

A Time to Rage, A Time to Grieve

 PUDR expresses shock, anger and outrage at the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 case. The CBI Court at Karkardooma indicted the other four accused while acquitting Kumar. The judgement sets aside the Nanavati Commission report findings and those of the CBI which had found “a terrible conspiracy” between Kumar and the police.This judgement violates all principles of natural justice, revealing the compromised character of the judiciary.
 
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Apr 12 09:30

Rejection of Devinder Pal Bhullar’s plea by the Supreme Court

PUDR strongly denounces the Supreme Court’s dismissal this morning of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s plea for commutation of the death sentence awarded to him to life. The issues at stake in this dismissal are multiple, that of clemency, death penalty, miscarriage of justice and precedence. 

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Mar 12 19:47

CDRO Statement - Saranda: Maoists Out, Corporate In

 The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) at its meeting held during February 20-21 gave permission to the public sector SAIL to divert 210.526 ha of forest land in Jhillingburu of Saranda (Jharkhand) for iron ore mining. This was the second such project cleared by the FAC which allowed Jindal Steel and Power to divert 500 ha of forest land in Saranda earlier in February 2013.

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Latest Publications


Apr 19 05:30

JKCCS RESOLUTION ON KASHMIR - ADOPTED ON 20 APRIL 2013 IN A PUBLIC MEETING AT SRINAGAR AND ENDORSED BY CDRO AND OTHERS

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 This resolution was adopted by JKCCS in a public meeting on Asia Jeenlan's ninth death anniversay held in Srinagar on 20th April 2013. The theme of the public meeting was Institutional Violance: The Indian State in Jammu & Kashmir. The resolution was endorsed by Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations, who were present in the public meeting and also by other 200 participants.   


Jan 15 05:30

DAMS, DEVELOPMENT AND THE NORTH EAST: A Report on the Peoples' Resistance to Mega Dams in the Brahmaputra and Barak Valley

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 In light of the growing protests against the mega dams coming up in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys, CDRO decided to send an all-India fact finding team to these areas. An eight member team visited the three states of the north east,  Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, between 18-23 April 2012. The team specifically looked into the Hydro Electric Projects of Tipaimukh (Manipur), Lower Subansiri, Lower Siang, Demwe and Debang (Arunachal Pradesh).

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Jan 07 10:30

A Death Most Foul: The Unnatural Death of Naim Ahmad in Tihar Jail

 On 31 January 2012, news of yet another ‘mystery death’ at Tihar made it to the papers. Unlike earlier cases, this death sparked off angry protests by hundreds of family members and neighbours of Naim, the person who had died (see Times of India, New Delhi edition, 31 January 2012, p. 2).Family members did not want Naim’s post mortem to be conducted at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital (DDU)..Their protest led to instant results.

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