Apr 15, 2020 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
मानावधिकार कार्यकर्ता आनंद तेलतुम्बड़े और गौतम नवलखा को, देश भर में फैले कोरोना वायरस के संकट के बीच, एन.आई.ए. के समक्ष ‘सरेंडर’ करवाया जाना, आधुनिक भारत के राजनैतिक इतिहास में ओछेपन का एक नया स्तर है | पिछले दो वर्षों से देश भर में जनवादी अधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं, वकीलों...
Apr 14, 2020 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The attempt to browbeat rights activists, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde to ‘surrender’ to the National Investigation Agency, amidst a nation-wide lockdown on account of Covid-19, marks a deep and scathing new low in the political history of contemporary India....
Apr 12, 2020 | Undemocratic Laws
Rehearsed Truths: Eight Successive Bans on SIMI by UAPA Tribunals examines a special feature of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967—the role of Tribunals in reviewing and confirming bans on ‘unlawful’ organizations. Focusing attention on SIMI’s eight...
Feb 17, 2020 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights strongly condemns the continuous use of the draconian J&K Public Safety Act, PSA, against the leaders and people of Kashmir. In the last six months, since the lock down, as many as eight mainstream political leaders have been...
Jan 8, 2020 | Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights condemns the attempts being made by the Uttar Pradesh government towards securing a national level ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and also trying to contemptuously target rights-based organization Rihai Manch through...
Dec 26, 2019 | Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
A six-member team of PUDR conducted a four-day fact-finding from 16-19 December 2019 into the incidents of police brutalities at the campus of Jamia Milia Islamia University on 13 and 15 December 2019. The brutalities happened in the context of protests against the...
