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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अन्याय की व्यवस्था: मध्य प्रदेश के मुल्ताई में पारधीयों का हिंसपूर्वक विस्थापन और उनकी बदहाली यौन उत्पीड़न पर सरकारी पर्दा
यह रिपोर्ट सितंबर 2007 मे दक्षिण मध्य प्रदेश के चोठिया गाँव मे पारधी समुदाय पर स्थानीय किसानो द्वारा किए गए तहस नहस और उनके विस्थापन का ब्योरा देती है। इस घटना के दौरान पुलिस और उच्च प्रशासन की राज्य मशीनरी भी मौजूद थी। इलाके के विधायक और कई राजनैतिक नेताओं ने भी इस...
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...
Latest Press Statements
Publication and release of PUDR’s report ‘Continuing Impunity: Deaths in Police Custody, Delhi 2016-2018’
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has been investigating incidents of deaths in police custody and publishing reports on these from the 1980s. These investigations revealed that these deaths were most commonly the unintentional consequences of custodial...
The Illegal Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami
PUDR draws attention to the illegality behind the decision of the Central Government-ruled Jammu and Kashmir to ban Jamaat-e-Islami of Jammu and Kashmir on February 28, 2019. While attention has been focussed on the escalation and de-escalation of tension between...
Condemn Illegal Arrest of Lingaraj Azad
PUDR protests the illegal arrest of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti member Lingaraj Azad, who has been at the forefront of the peoples struggle against bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills, and the continuing repression against the people through routine detention of NSS...
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...