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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Beyond the Prison Gates: A Report on Living Conditions in Tihar Jail
This is a small report on prison life in Tihar, to bring home facts about a world and its people completely invisible to the outside world. PUDR’s repeated request to jail authorities seeking permission to undertake formal visits to the jail was rejected and thus the...
मारूति – सफलता कि असलियत – मजदूरों का शोषण
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बेमानी जिंदगियाँ: एक ओद्योगिक दुर्घटना और उसके बाद के घटनाक्रम
२६ जनवरी २०११ को दक्षिण दिल्ली के तुगलकाबाद क्षेत्र में स्थित एक फेक्टरी में आग लगने से १३ मजदूरों की मौत हो गयी और ५-६ मजदूर गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गए. लभग ७ महीनों तक बाद भी मजदूरों के परिवारों को मुआवजा दिए जाने या इन मजदूरों की मौत के लिए जिम्मेवार लोगों के खिलाफ...
Shocking Callousness and Neglect: A Report on Industrial Accident and its Aftermath
Thirteen workers were burnt to death in a factory in south Delhi’s Tuglaqabad area on 25 January 2011. However, six months after the event, as this report goes to press, little has been done to compensate workers, let alone arrest those responsible for these deaths....
जिंदगियों की कीमत
छत्तीसगढ़ में अबूझमाड़ के घने जंगलों के भीतर ११ फरवरी २०११ को बहुत गहरे राजनीतिक और ऐतिहासिक घटना घटी. इस दिन सीपीआई (माओवादी) ने मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं और मीडिया के चुनिंदा सदस्यों के सामने छत्तीसगढ़ पुलिस के पांच जवानों को रिहा किया. सीपीआई (माओवादी) २५ जनवरी २०११ को...
Latest Press Statements
THE MISSING TERROR PLOT: BHIMA KOREGAON and the POLITICS OF UAPA
In the wake of the recent raids and arrests of 5 prominent rights activists, Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bhardwaj and Arun Ferreira, on UAPA charges for their alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon case, PUDR is releasing its report, The...
Joint Statement Against Continuing Arrests of Rights Activists
We, the undersigned, strongly oppose and condemn the illegal raids carried out in different cities, and arrests of Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao by the Maharashtra Police on 28 th August 2018. These are only the...
तू जिंदा है!
The country is witnessing another round of crackdown on Human Rights Activists. While Arun Ferreira (Advocate), Sudha Bhardwaj (Trade Unionist, Teacher and Advocate), Gautam Navlakha (Editor and Writer), Varvara Rao (Writer and Literary critic) and Vernon Gonsalves...
मेजर गोगोई और दण्डमुत्ति की परम्परा
53 राष्ट्रीय राइफल्स के मेजर गोगाई द्वारा 23 मई 2018 को एक कश्मीरी महिला से यौन सम्बंध बनाने के मामले में 30 मई 2018 को कश्मीर पुलिस ने न्यायिक मजिस्ट्रेट के सामने अपनी रिपोर्ट दाखिल की। पुलिस के अनुसार यह मामला वयस्कों में परस्पर मंजूरी से संबंध बनाने का है क्योंकि...
PUDR Condemns the arrest of Abhay Devdas Nayak
A 34-year-old 'techie' Abhay Devdas Nayak was abducted by the Chattisgarh police on 31 May 2018 from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and presented before the media on 12 June, as a "top Maoist propagandist." That he could be picked up by the police and...