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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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...
Shadow of Fear: Harassment of Kasmiri Muslims in Delhi
The report is an account based on the findings of the inquiries made by a PUDR team on receiving reports of harassment of Kashmiri residents of Delhi between January 6 to 30. For reasons of security the names are being withheld. What follows is an account of the...
Grim Realities: of life death and survival in Jammu & Kashmir
This report is the outcome of a fact-finding conducted by an eleven member team of human rights activists from five civil, democratic and human rights organisations across the country during May 2001 in the troubled parts of Jammu and Kashmir. By visiting many...
Hard Drive: Working Conditions at Maruti Udyog Ltd
PUDR received the information of widespread harassment of workers at the Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) factory in Gurgaon, and sent a fact-finding team to investigate. The team met scores of workers, representatives of the management and did find evidence of systematic...
When People Organise: Forest Stuggles and Repression in Dewas
This is a report about the repression of forest struggles and organisation of Adivasi communities by the state in Dewas region of Madhya Pradesh in 2001. It begins by providing a brief description about the region, its people, and the roots of the current problems...
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...