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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A Sensational Case of Extortion: Death in Tihar Jail
The report is based on PUDR’s investigation into the death of twenty-year-old Raziuddin in Tihar Jail. Raziuddin, a B.Sc. from Jamia Milia Islamia and also a Diploma in Computer Science and Architecture was falsely implicated by the Crime Branch of Delhi under the...
Triggering Death: Custodial Death, Delhi Police Style
Anil, a resident of Sonia Vihar who was disabled and the sole breadwinner of a large family, was shot dead by a constable on the day of Holi, 2nd March 1999. Although the constable was suspended and sent to the district police line, since the incident did not occur...
Judicial Terror: Death Penalty, TADA and the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
This report is a detailed analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and the faulty judicial process and judgement by the court constituted under the draconian Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). It shows how through the provisions of a...
An Illusion of Justice: Supreme Court Judgment on Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head Pretending he just doesn't see - Bob Dylan To download the report, click below: An Illusion of Justice: Supreme Court Judgment on Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
Hand in Glove: Workers’ Demands & Police Firing at Dharuhera
To download the report, click below: Hand in Glove: Workers’ Demands & Police Firing at Dharuhera
Latest Press Statements
PUDR demands action against the Gurgaon Gau Raksha Dal for assault and violation of fundamental rights of two cattle transporters
PUDR expresses outrage at the barbaric incident of 10th June where, in a horrific example of discrimination and violation of dignity, two men - Rizwan and Mukhtiar - accused of transporting beef from Mewat to Delhi, were forced to eat cow dung by members of the...
Stop surveillance and harassment of Kashmiri students!
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights expresses its outrage at the harassment and arrest of Kashmiri students in Mewar University, Rajasthan, and other educational institutions, amidst an intensifying surveillance of Kashmiris across the country. On 14th March, 2016, a...
Discharge of Sadhvi Pragya and others in the Malegaon Blast case: Saffronization of Constitutional Agencies
The month of May began with the BJP demanding action against the water mafia in Mumbai under the Maharashatra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA). On the 10th of May Atikh Khan, Rafiq Khan and Javed, all three ragpickers, were charged with MCOCA for allegedly...
PUDR condemns the deplaning of Gladson Dungdung
“I started travelling to the Red Corridor in order to collect evidence that this is not a war against terrorism, the so-called Naxalite insurgency by the CPI-Maoists but a war against the Adivasis. The hidden goal is to snatch their resources i.e. their lands, their...
पीयूडीआर छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य के बस्तर ज़िले में पत्रकारों के खिलाफ चलाए जा रहे सुनियोजित अभियान की कड़ी निंदा करता है
पीयूडीआर छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य के बस्तर ज़िले में पत्रकारों के खिलाफ चलाए जा रहे सरकार के सुनियोजित अभियान की कड़ी निंदा करता है | इस संदर्भ में पीयूडीआर छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकारों की तरफ से बनाई गई पत्रकार सुरक्षा क़ानून संयुक्त संघर्ष समिति व पत्रकारिता की सुरक्षा और स्वतंत्रता की...