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 1977 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, PUCLDR, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.
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Factory Fires and Workers: A Capital Story
This report by PUDR, Factory Fires and Workers: A Capital Story, examines the underlying causes of repeated factory fires in Delhi, and seeks to arrive at an understanding about why they are so recurrent. Factory fires are chronic occurrences in Delhi. Particular...
In the wake of Nuh: A report on state repression
On July 22, 2024, the fourth annual Brajmandal Abhishek Yatra passed peacefully through the Nuh district in Haryana. Last year, the same yatra was characterised by violence, followed by state repression that casts a shadow till today. In the wake of Nuh: A report on...
38th Annual Dr. Ramanadham Memorial Lecture 2023: The Proposed Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Democratic Rights
Report_38th Annual Dr. Ramanadham Memorial Lecture (October 2023) Every year PUDR organizes Dr. Ramanadham memorial lecture on a specific theme and its impact on democratic rights. The 38th Annual Ramanadham lecture was delivered on 14 October 2023, on The Proposed...
OF LAW, JUSTICE AND PEOPLE: An Analysis of Selected Provisions in the New Criminal Codes, 2023
Of Law, Justice and People The Winter Session 2023 of the 17th Lok Sabha witnessed the passage of, arguably, the three most significant post-Constitution legislations, namely, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and...
दिल्ली के आदर्श नगर पुलिस स्टेशन के हिरासत में सूरज प्रकाश की मौत:पाँच महीने बाद
पीयूडीआर आज अपनी रिपोर्ट “दिल्ली के आदर्श नगर पुलिस स्टेशन के हिरासत में सूरज प्रकाश की मौत:पाँच महीने बाद “ जारी कर रहा है। यह रिपोर्ट दिल्ली पुलिस की हिरासत में सूरज प्रकाश की मौत के 5 महीने बीत जाने के अवसर पर जारी की जा रही है और सूरज प्रकाश की मृत्यु से पहले और...
Latest Press Statements
In solidarity with PUCL and other Human Rights Organisations
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) stands in solidarity with People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and other human rights organizations and joins them in expressing disapproval of the remarks made by a Special NIA Sessions Court, Lucknow. The court made a...
40 years of the 1984 Sikh Massacres: the fight for justice continues
November 1, 2024, marks the 40th year of pan-India massacres in which thousands of Sikhs were brutally maimed and killed. Although the official figure on the number of deaths in Delhi alone was 2733, other estimates placed the total number between 3,000 in Delhi to...
Demand accountability for the death of GN Saibaba
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) mourns the death of activist, teacher and poet GN Saibaba and condemns the state’s role in contributing to his early demise at the age of 57. Of the ten years since his arrest in May 2014 Saibaba spent over eight years in...
PUDR DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF KARTIK NAIK OF MAA MAATI MAALI SURAKHYA MANCH: CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF ADIVASIS IN RAYAGADA AND KALAHANDI OVER THEIR LANDS AND FORESTS UNDER THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
PUDR demands the immediate release of Kartik Naik, a prominent leader of the Maa Maati Maali Surakhya Manch resisting the setting up of a bauxite mine in the Sijimali/ Tijmali hills in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha by M/S Vedanta Ltd. Kartik Naik was...
Death Penalty Does Not Prevent Crimes Against Women
PUDR opposes the passage of The Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, which amends the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, in their application to West...