Dec 16, 2015 | Caste, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR expresses deep concern over the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015. On Human Rights Day, 10th December 2015, the apex court upheld five disqualifications laid down in the Act to particularly exclude those who are...
Dec 10, 2015 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
पीयूडीआर दिल्ली पुलिस द्वारा ‘ओक्युपाई युजीसी’ के प्रदर्शनकारियों पर लगातार किये जा रहे हमलों की पुरज़ोर निंदा करता है | 9 दिसंबर 2015 को दिल्ली पुलिस ने एक बार फिर ‘ओक्युपाई युजीसी’ प्रदर्शन में भाग ले रहे लोगों पर लाठी-चार्ज किया, आंसू गैस व...
Nov 22, 2015 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 16th November this year, the date which is celebrated as the National Press Day, three news dailies in Nagaland ran blank columns in place of editorials. The news dailies picked up the occasion to protest a notification from the Assam Rifles dated 25th October...
Nov 2, 2015 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the repression unleashed by the Delhi police on students protesting against the University Grants Commission’s move to scrap non NET fellowship for research scholars. The protesting students were lathicharged by the Delhi police first on...
Oct 21, 2015 | Communalism, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The threat of a two pronged attack on life and liberty of the citizens, as well as visiting foreigners, posed by a party in power never appeared as imminent as it does today. There is an exponential rise in the assault on our democratic rights launched by the Hindtuva...
Oct 14, 2015 | Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 30th September 2015, a local court in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, acquitted 14 persons who had been arrested on 14th June 2011 on charges of being members of SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) and for holding a banned meeting in a residential house in Khandwa...
