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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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...
मृत अतः दोषी : भवानीपुर में फर्जी मुठभेड़
इस रिपोर्ट में पुलिस द्वारा पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश, जिला मिर्ज़ापुर के भवानीपुर गाँव में तथाकथित मुटभेड़ में 16 लोगों की हत्या की जांच करते हुए इस काण्ड में पुलिस के दोष व इन हत्याओं के बाद गाँव के लोगों पर उसके दमनकारी रव्वैये को उजागर करती है| रिपोर्ट अपनी जांच के अनुसार...
Latest Press Statements
From Burning Villages to Burning Effigies
PUDR strongly condemns the burning of the effigies of activists and a journalist by the Chhatissgarh Auxiliary police force across Bastar in a widely publicised ‘offical protest on 24th October. This show of strength by state forces against civilians was the latest...
Support Honda Workers’ Fundamental Right to Organise!
PUDR has long held that the right to form a Trade Union and engage in collective bargaining is a fundamental right under Article 19(1)c of the Indian Constitution- Freedom to form a union or association. This right is necessary if workers are to have any chance to...
हौंडा मज़दूरों के यूनियन बनाने के मूल अधिकार का समर्थन!
पीयूडीआर ने हमेशा माना है की यूनियन बनाने का अधिकार और सामूहिकसमझौता संविधान के अनुच्छेद 19(1)(c) के तेहत एक मूल अधिकार है | यह अधिकार मज़दूरों को अपनी परेशानियां रखने और मैनेजमेंट के खिलाफ आवाज़ उठाने के लिए ज़रूरी है | जब भी मज़दूर एकजुट होने की कोशिश करते हैं,...
मोदी सरकार को किस बात का डर?
16 सितम्बर 2016 को उना दलित अत्याचार लड़त समिति के संयोजक एवं युवा नेता जिगनेश मेवानी को अहमदाबाद पुलिस ने पकड़ लिया | मेवानी को उस समय पकड़ा गया जब वह दिल्ली से लौटे | वे दिल्ली में जंतर मंतर पर दलित स्वाभिमान संघर्ष समिति द्वारा आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में आमसभा को संबोधित...
PUDR Salutes Shri Bojja Tharakam
People’s Union for Democratic Rights expresses its sincere condolences at the death of Shri. Bojja Tarakam, a tall figure fighting the cause of the Dalits, Minorities and a strong defender of civil liberties movements in the country for the last 50 years. He was a...