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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Freedom Fettered: Arrest and Detention of Journalist Iftikar Gilani
Journalist organisations as well as the Editors Guilds vociferously campaigned against the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). They found in POTA certain clauses which seemed to be aimed directly against media organisations and media persons. The...
SHIFTING SITES: Workers resistance at Honda Power Products
On 25 February 2002, the management of Honda SIEL Power Products Ltd., situated at Rudrapur in Uttaranchal, attempted to remove core machinery from the factory. They wish to shift the factory's aluminium shop to their plant in Greater Noida, U.P. The attempt was...
आज यहीं तो कल कहीं: पूँजी पलायन और मजदूरों के अधिकार, हौंडा पॉवर प्रोडक्ट्स रुद्रपुर की कहानी
रिपोर्ट रुद्रपुर, उत्तरांचल स्थित जेनसेट बनाने वाली हौंडा सिएल पॉवर प्रोडक्ट्स लिमिटेड में धीरे- धीरे फैक्ट्री को बंद करने की कोशिश के खिलाफ कर्मचारियों के संघर्ष की दास्ताँ सामने रखती है| इस रिपोर्ट में बहुत स्पष्ट तरीके से उत्पादन के बदलते तरीकों को रेखंकित किया गया...
Maaro! Kaapo! Baalo!: State, Society and Communalism in Gujarat.
After the burning of a railway compartment in Godhara in 2002, in which 57 Hindus died, the country witnessed one of the worst state sponsored genocide in Gujarat that continued for over three months. Attacks on Muslims took place in 19 districts of the state...
Deaths in Police Custody: Delhi 2001
This report documents three cases of deaths in police custody in Delhi between May and September 2001. These relate to the death of Zakir -Pushp Vihar Police Station on 16 May, Lalit Mohan - Kalkaji Police station on 16 June and Zakir - Bhajanpura Police Station on 13...
Latest Press Statements
Stop the Intimidation and Harassment of Kathputli colony residents
PUDR notes with concern the intimidation of the residents of Kathputli colony by the Delhi police since the night of 18 December. While Police presence was visible in and around Kathputli colony for the past few days, the police were deployed in large numbers (approx....
Condemn attack on tribal rights activists and continuing erosion of the Rule of Law in Chhattisgarh
PUDR expresses its disquiet that Bastar Police has recorded an FIR on the basis of a complaint filed by wife of deceased Shamnath Baghel, of Nama village under Kumakoleng Gram Panchayat in Tongpal who was killed, on November 4th allegedly by the Maoists. The FIR...
भोपाल फर्ज़ी मुठभेड़ के खिलाफ लखनऊ में धरना दे रहे रिहाई मंच के कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ स्थानीय पुलिस द्वारा की गई बदसलूकी की निंदा!
पीपल्स यूनियन फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स हाल में हुए भोपाल फर्ज़ी मुठभेड़ के खिलाफ लखनऊ में धरना दे रहे रिहाई मंच के कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ स्थानीय पुलिस द्वारा की गई बदसलूकी की कड़ी निंदा करता है | आज इस देश में गुंडा राज देखने को मिल रहा है | जहां एक तरफ बर्बर तरीके से 8...
Banned and Damned to Death: Press Statement on Custodial Killings of SIMI Undertrials
On the morning of 31st October eight male Muslim undertrials- Amjad Khan, Mehboob alias Guddu, Zakir Hussain, Mohammad Salik, Akeel Khilji, Mohammad Khalid, Mujeeb Shaikh, Majid- all accused in SIMI related cases, were brutally shot dead by the Madhya Pradesh (MP)...
Why we stand in solidarity with the Kashmiri People’s demand for the Right to Self-determination?
On 27th October 2016 several organisations in Delhi came together in protest at Jantar Mantar demanding restoration of civil liberties and democratic rights in Kashmir. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) affirms its solidarity with the people of Kashmir who...