Apr 25, 2017 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) denounces Government of India and its Law officer for being parsimonious in their espousal of wisdom. Ignorance of law is not counted as an excuse or exonerates a citizen from being prosecuted for commission of a...
Dec 21, 2016 | Undemocratic Laws
On 30th November 2016, the Supreme Court of India issued an interim order laying out seven directives to be followed marking respect for the National Anthem of India. These included the requirement for all to stand whenever the national anthem was played as well the...
Sep 16, 2016 | Undemocratic Laws
PUDR strongly condemns the biased nature of investigations, the shortcomings of judicial processes, and the use of anti-democratic laws, which violate the fundamental freedoms of Muslim men accused of anti-state activity. Yet another replay of the same old story was...
Sep 16, 2016 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organization denounces the arrest of Khurram Parvez on the intervening night of 15-16 September at 12.30 AM from his house at Srinagar. He had returned from Delhi in the very morning of 15th September after being detained for nearly...
Aug 17, 2016 | Undemocratic Laws
The use of repressive laws, particularly the law of sedition, to silence emerging voices of rights and justice, has become a matter of routine, particularly in the present context of the Indian state facing a legitimacy crisis in Kashmir. The Bengaluru police on 15th...
Aug 16, 2016 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights is horrified that the Rajya Sabha which debated the situation in Jammu and Kashmir on August 10, could not muster resolve to call for an immediate halt to use of pellet guns, which is not used anywhere in either India or the world...