Apr 19, 2013 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws
This resolution was adopted by JKCCS in a public meeting on Asia Jeenlan’s ninth death anniversary held in Srinagar on 20th April 2013. The theme of the public meeting was Institutional Violence: The Indian State in Jammu & Kashmir. The resolution was...
Mar 5, 2013 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) denounces the draft Jammu and Kashmir Police Bill 2013, prepared by senior police officers of the Home Department of J&K. The Draft Bill was put up for public comments on February 14, 2013, for a fortnight,...
Feb 11, 2013 | Armed Conflict, Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the imposition of curfew accompanied by blanket gag on all media, including television, print and online, in the Kashmir valley following the secretive hanging of Afzal Guru. Since Saturday morning Kashmir valley has been placed under a...
Jan 5, 2013 | Armed Conflict, Custodial Rape, Gender Issues, Others, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
While PUDR understands that Indian society is deeply patriarchal, it also believes that the Indian state is primarily responsible for the sorry state of women’s rights in this country and that its actions enforce and sustain the inequality of women in the...
Dec 26, 2012 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) welcomes the release of the study “Alleged Perpetrators” by the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Administered Kashmir (IPTK) and Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) on...
Sep 25, 2012 | Armed Conflict, Encounters
The Co-ordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) strongly condemns the gruesome murder of Manoj Konwar fellow civil rights activist and member Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti (MASS) on 22nd September in Sivasagar district Assam, allegedly by ‘unknown...
