People’s Union for Democratic Rights

A civil liberties and democratic rights organisation based in Delhi, India

Machil fake encounter: hopes belied

Jul 28, 2017 | Encounters

News reports of 27.07.2017 state that an Armed Forces Tribunal has suspended the life sentences awarded by a General Court Martial in 2014 and which were confirmed in 2015, to five army personnel for the killings of three Kashmiri civilians in April 2010, at Machil....

Admission opens a can of worms

Feb 1, 2016 | Encounters

On 23rd July 2009, the Manipur police claimed to have had an encounter with a ‘PLA cadre’ Sanjit, as a result of which Sanjit died. While this version was widely contested by the local people who claimed that Sanjit was murdered in a cold-blooded manner, a set of...

युद्ध-क्षेत्र में आदिवासी जिंदगियाँ: बीजापुर के गावों में सुरक्षा कैंप के बीच असुक्षित जीवन

Mar 24, 2015 | Adivasis, Encounters, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights

दिसंबर 2014  में पी. यू. डी. आर. का एक जांच दल छत्तीसगढ़ के बीजापुर जिले के 9  गांवों  में गया. जांच दाल ने क्षेत्रों में माओवादियों  से लड़ने के लिए तैनात सुरक्षा बलों  के द्वारा की जा रही गिरफ्तारिओ, धमकियों एवं उत्पीड़न के  साथ -साथ यौन  उत्पीड़न  की घटनाओं  को दर्ज़...