Aug 6, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Marking a month since Stan Swamy passed away in judicial custody in a private hospital, a month in which no official inquiry, even the mandated magisterial inquest, has not been initiated, Framed to die: The case of Stan Swamy documents the manner in which Stan Swamy...
Aug 6, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR’s report, Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy, offers an exhaustive account of what lay behind Stan Swamy’s death in judicial custody in a private hospital on 5 July 2021. As is known, he was arrested from his room in Bagaicha ATC campus on 8 October 2020 under...
May 7, 2021 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
On 4 May 2021, the Central Government’s Ministry of Labour and Employment notified certain Draft Rules under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, one of the 4 Labour Codes passed by Parliament in 2019-20. The Industrial Relations Code 2020 (henceforth ‘IR Code’)...
Apr 28, 2021 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR condemns the undemocratic ban of 16 civil liberties, students, women’s, writers and cultural organizations as “unlawful associations” by the Telangana government under the Public Security Act (PSA). These include the Telangana Praja Front (TPF), Telangana...
Feb 6, 2021 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
In a blatantly repressive move aimed at foiling public protest at Shaheedi Park at noon today in support of the countrywide chakka jam called by the Kisan Unions, the Delhi police has prevented the movements of left union leaders and taken some into preventive custody...
Nov 29, 2020 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR condemns the Haryana Government and the Police for filing cases against farmers protesting against the three farmers and Electricity Act. As per various news reports, Haryana Police have registered cases at Sadar Ambala PS, Baldev Nagar Ambala PS and Dabwali PS...
