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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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...
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...
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Who is the State Hunting?
This report covers incidents of Massacre by Security Forces and Salwa Judum under Operation Green Hunt, in the Bijapur and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh, based on three fact-finding reports conducted by CDRO between October 2009 and July 2012. The first report,...
Report of the Killing of Adivasis by CRPF Forces in Bijapur District, Chattisgarh
An all-India fact-finding team of rights activists belonging to the Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) visited the area in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh where 17 adivasis died as a result of firing by CRPF forces on the night of June 28, 2012....
सी.आर.पी.एफ. के जवानों द्वारा छत्तीसगढ़ के बीजापुर जिले में आदवासियों की हत्याओं पर एक रिपोर्ट
कोआर्डिनेशन ऑफ़ डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स आर्गेनाईजेशन (सी डी आर ओ ) से जुड़े कार्यकर्ताओं की एक अखिल भारतीय टीम छत्तीसगढ़ से बीजापुर जिले के उस छेत्र का दौरा किया, जहां २८ जून २०१२ की रात में सी आर पी ऍफ़ के जवानो द्वारा गोली चलाने के कारण १७ आदिवासियों की मौत हो गयी थी. इस...
Travesty of Justice in the Seema Azad and the Vishwa Vijay case
The Judgment pronounced by the sessions court at Allahabad in the case of Seema Azad and Vishwa Vijay is a perfect example of how a large number of half-truths, inadmissible evidence, procedural violations and an obnoxious piece of legislation can convert a free...
The Terror of Law: UAPA And The Myth Of National Security
The Terror of Law is a CDRO (Coordination of Democratic Rights Organization) report that shows how and why the UAPA curbs the freedoms provided by Article 19 [Protection of Freedoms] for expression, assembly and association against one section of political opinion....
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