The civil rights movement in India has emerged as an autonomous voice in defense of civil liberties and democratic rights of our people. The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi, is one such organisation. It came into existence in 1977 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, PUCLDR, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.
“Close to the one-year anniversary of violence in Nuh district, Haryana, PUDR released its report on ongoing state repression in the aftermath of July 31, 2023. Justice Madan Lokur (retd., Supreme Court) and Professor Manoranjan Mohanty (retd., Delhi University) launched “In the wake of Nuh: A report on state repression” on July 29, 2024 at Press Club of India.
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Political Trial Results in Pernicious Verdict: UAPA and the Gadchiroli Sessions Court judgment
The trial and conviction of six persons by the Court of Sessions Judge, Gadchiroli, sentencing GN Saibaba, Maheshi Tirki, Pandu Narote, Prashant Rahi and Hem Mishra, to life imprisonment and Vijay Tirki to ten years, is an unconcealed example of a political trial of...
CDRO Campaign for the Release of Political Prisoners
One of the foundational demands of the Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights organisations in India was the demand for release of all Political Prisoners. In contemporary India the demand has acquired a new salience as members/supporters of proscribed/banned...
FACT SHEET OMAX AUTOS LTD WORKERS’ STRUGGLE
Incident: Services of over seven hundred workers were suddenly terminated suddenly on February 1, 2017 from the mother plant of Omax located at Dharuhera (Omax Autos Ltd. 69 K.M. Stone, Delhi- Jaipur Highway, Dharuhera, Rewari). Of these 400 were contractual employees...
ज़िंदंगी मुहाल है! ग्रेटर नोऐडा स्थित एल.जी. इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स कंपनी में काम के हालात और यूनियन बनाने की कोशिश
एल.जी. इलैक्ट्रौनिक्स इंडिया लिमिटेड की उद्योग विहार ग्रेटर नोएडा स्थित फैक्टरी पर 11 जुलाई से 20 जुलाई 2016 तक करीब 650 मज़दूरों ने कब्ज़ा किया था। एल.जी. के मज़दूरों के परिवारों के सदस्यों और आसपास की फैक्टरियों के मज़दूर भी फैक्टरी के गेट पर मज़दूरों के समर्थन में...
Life’s Not Good: Work Conditions and Unionisation at LG Electronics in Greater Noida
The LG Electronics India Private Limited factory in Udyog Vihar, Greater Noida was occupied by nearly 650 workers for ten days from 11th July to 20th July 2016. Family members and workers from nearby factories gathered outside the factory gate in support. There was...
Latest Press Statements
Condemn Delhi Police’s Repressive Strategies
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...
Condemn targeting of fundamental freedoms, release Munawar Faruqui and others immediately!
People’s Union for Democratic Rights strongly condemns the continued incarceration and denial of bail to Munawar Faruqui who was arrested on 2 January, 2021 and five others in Indore. Based on the claim of a vigilante group Hind Rakshak Sangathan (HRS), Faruqui and...
Condemn police repression on protesting farmers
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...
Another Death in Custody, Justice in the Waiting
PUDR raises questions about the death of a 24 year old man Mesar, in Mandoli jail, Delhi on 11th November, the contradictions that have emerged in the official version of the incident and the lackadaisical manner in which the post death inquiry is proceeding. Mesar...
811 Days after arrest: The life and times of Varavara Rao
On November 17, 2018, Dr P Varavara Rao was taken into custody for his alleged role in the Elgar Parishad Case, after spending 79 days under house arrest. So far he has spent 732 days in jail. The trial has not started. His five bail applications have already been...