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.
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Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki India Limited
This report is the outcome of the PUDR investigation undertaken after the incident of 18 July 2012, at the Manesar unit of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), in which an HR manager died and some other managers as well as workers were injured. PUDR investigated the...
JKCCS Resolution on Kashmir – Adopted on 20 April 2013 in a Public Meeting at Srinagar and Endorsed by CDRO and Others
This resolution was adopted by JKCCS in a public meeting on Asia Jeenlan's ninth death anniversary held in Srinagar on 20th April 2013. The theme of the public meeting was Institutional Violence: The Indian State in Jammu & Kashmir. The resolution was endorsed by...
Living in the Shadow of Terror: People’s Lives and Security Operations in Jharkhand
It has been over a decade since Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar into a separate state. In this period the state has witnessed a new face of people’s movements against displacement and armed repression by the state. News of the multitude of growing people’s movements...
Dams, Development and the North East: A Report on the Peoples’ Resistance to Mega Dams in the Brahmaputra and Barak Valley
In light of the growing protests against the mega dams coming up in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys, CDRO decided to send an all-India fact-finding team to these areas. An eight-member team visited the three states of the northeast, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and...
यह गाँव मेरा भी है: भगाना में दलित दावेदारी , भूमि अधिकार एयर सामाजित बहिष्कार
२३ मई २०१२ को हरियाणा के हिसार जिले में भगाना गांव के ७० दलित परिवारों ने, मवेशियों समेत अपना गांव छोड़कर, हिसार शहर में स्थित मिनी सचिवालय के बहार अपना डेरा जमा लिया। समाचारों के मुताबिक वे अपने गांव के जाटों द्वारा किये जा रहे उत्पीड़न और जमीन पर कब्जे का विरोध कर रहे...
Latest Press Statements
Sedition and the Vindictive State: Condemn the arrest of Veewon Thokchom
PUDR strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest of Veewon Thokchom, ex-President of Manipur Students Association of Delhi (MSAD) and student of Ambedkar University, on Friday 15th February in a joint operation by Delhi and Manipur police. Veewon has been at the forefront...
Pulwama aftermath: the rising fears
People’s Union for Democratic Rights expresses outrage over the terrorist attack in Pulwama which killed over 40 CRPF personnel on February 14, 2019 and expresses condolences to the families of the deceased. However, the aftermath of Pulwama has shown rising attacks...
Remove Section on Sedition from Statute Books!
The slapping of sedition charges against writer and academic Hiren Gohain, Akhil Gogoi leader of Kisan Mukti Sangram Samiti, and senior journalist Manajit Mahanta on 7/ 1/19, and the process of filing charge-sheet in the 2016 sedition case against JNU students...
When criminal negligence passes for ‘Industrial Accident’
PUDR expresses grave shock at the tragic death of five workers in the accident at the Ambuja-Holcim cement plant in district Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh, on 31 January, 2013. The workers who lost their lives are Roshan Verma and Poshan Verma (apprentices from village...
4 RELIANCE WORKERS, FIRST TO BE FALSELY IMPLICATED UNDER UAPA FOR BHIMA KOREGAON VIOLENCE, RELEASED ON BAIL
UDR welcomes the release on bail of four workers of Reliance Energy/ Infrastructure Ltd. (REIL) and trade union activists implicated under numerous sections of the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for alleged Maoist links. The workers were released...