Jun 8, 2012 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On Sunday the 3rd June 2012, Pallab Barbora was arrested from his home in Merapani of Golaghat district in Assam and has been remanded to ten days NIA custody on Wednesday. As alleged by the security agency NIA, and based on unverifiable sources, he has facilitated...
May 15, 2012 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the ongoing repression by the state on the peaceful protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu particularly since 8 May 2012. It condemns the policy of using tactics of threat and intimidation to crush a democratic...
May 15, 2012 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the police action on the peaceful anti-dam protestors in Lakhimpur district of Assam on 11 May 2012. These protestors, who were sitting in the camp, are peacefully demonstrating against the upcoming big dam on river Subansiri, which is...
Apr 24, 2012 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO), comprising of 20 civil and democratic rights organisations from across India decided to undertake a fact finding into the impact of big/mega dam projects coming up in the North Eastern states on the life and...
Apr 12, 2012 | Others, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws
CONDEMN THE ATTACK ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BY TMC GOONS AND KOLKATA POLICE. DROP THE FALSE CHARGES AND IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ALL ANTI-EVICTION AND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. PUNISH THE GUILTY POLICEMEN AND TMC THUGS. CDRO strongly and unequivocally condemns the...
Apr 10, 2012 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws
PUDR strongly condemns the violent demolition of the Nonadanga slums on March 30th in Kolkata, and the subsequent police brutality on peaceful anti-eviction protests followed by the vindictive arrest of activists. Nonadanga is the area where the Kolkata Metropolitan...
