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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In Custody: An Investigation into 5 cases of Sexual Assault
A factfinding report into 5 cases of custodial rape in the capital city- Delhi To download the report click below In custody : An Investigation in to Sexual Assault.pdf
Close Encounter: a report on police shoot-outs in Delhi
In most of shoot outs carried by Delhi Police there are certain features that remain common. The most common is lack of any eye witness. Whenever an unnatural death takes place the police are supposed to file a case and investigate the incident because it is a...
चमड़ा वस्त्र और कारीगरों की ज़िन्दगी: दिल्ली की कहानी
भारत में चमड़ा क्षेत्र 4 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के वार्षिक उत्पादन मूल्य और 2 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के वार्षिक निर्यात मूल्य के साथ देश के शीर्ष आठ निर्यात अर्जक क्षेत्रों में से एक है। काउंसिल फॉर लेदर एक्सपोर्ट्स, जो भारतीय चमड़ा निर्यातकों और अंतरराष्ट्रीय खरीदारों के...
India Shining: A Report on the demolition and resettlement of the Yamuna Pushta Bastis
Lakhs of people living in the Bastis of Yamuna Pushta were forcibly evacuated from the area and their homes demolished early in 2004. PUDR conducted a detailed investigation into the demolition, and the government claims of resettlement. To download the report click...
Another ‘Suicide’: A Death in custody of Subzi Mandi Police Station
On 5th July 2004 as per the Delhi police, a homeless migrant Pramod allegedly hung himself to death in a lock-up at Sabzi Mandi PS. PUDR conducted a fact-finding into the incident. To download the report click below Another-suicide-cd_sabji mandi.pdf
Latest Press Statements
Condemn Exploitation and Harassment of Workers at Vivo India Pvt. Ltd
The ‘Make in India’ drive and its claim of generating employment by getting multi-national companies to manufacture in India is characterized by appalling and inhuman work ‘opportunities’ of which the Vivo India Pvt Ltd is a glaring example. Vivo Company is a Chinese...
Machil fake encounter: hopes belied
News reports of 27.07.2017 state that an Armed Forces Tribunal has suspended the life sentences awarded by a General Court Martial in 2014 and which were confirmed in 2015, to five army personnel for the killings of three Kashmiri civilians in April 2010, at Machil....
Moderne’ India: Communal attacks, arrests and eviction of migrant workers in Noida, UP
PUDR investigated the aftermath of July 12, 2017, when Zohra Bibi, a domestic worker in Noida’s Mahagun Moderne, was severely beaten up and later went missing from her employer’s flat after allegations of theft were leveled against her. Subsequently, the local police,...
Collective (Conscience) Killer
President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee rejected five more mercy petitions between 25th and 26th May, 2017. With his current rejections, he has achieved 42 rejections and seven acceptances of mercy petitions during his tenure. There has been marked increase in...
On Justice P.N. Bhagwati’s death
PUDR remembers the significant contribution of Justice P.N. Bhagwati to the cause of furthering and protecting fundamental and democratic rights of citizens, in his death on 15 June 2017. In his years as a judge, especially through the 1980s, Justice Bhagwati along...