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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Civil War and Uncivil Government: Human Rights Violation in Kashmir Under the National Conference Government
To download the report, click below: Civil War and Uncivil Government: Human Rights Violation in Kashmir Under the National Conference Government
Murders Most Foul: A Report on the Extra Judicial Killings by the Police in North Telengana
This is the report of a fact-finding conducted jointly by nine democratic rights organisations in the year 1996 into the extra-judicial killings by the police in North Telangana. It starts by providing a background about the region and the CPI (ML) movement, the...
The Company They Keep: A Report on Workers of Jhalani Tools Ltd., Faridabad
This report is regarding the workers' struggle in the Jhalani Tools Ltd. (Faridabad Unit), a company that makes spanners, wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers etc. Over 2000 permanent workers of the company were not paid any wages for over 19 months. The report exposes the...
Agrarian Conflict in Bihar and the Ranbir Sena
The organized killing of poor peasants and landless labourers by middle and upper-caste landed armies and retaliation by Marxist-Leninist organizations have been flashpoints in the agrarian scene in Bihar over the last fifteen years. Hence, this is not a new...
Murder at Midnight: Old Delhi Railway Station Police Station
The sixth custodial death of the year 1997 is an improbable story of suicide again. Booked for a seemingly petty offence at Old Delhi Railway Station Police Station, why would Ramesh, who according to the police is a bad character, commit suicide within a matter of...
Latest Press Statements
PUDR condemns police apathy in the case of brutal caste and gender based violence against Dalit law student in Kerala
PUDR strongly condemns the gruesome rape and murder of the Dalit law student in Kerala’s Perumbavoor district on 28th April 2016, and the appalling indifference demonstrated by the police in securing justice for her. The mutilation of her body is symptomatic of the...
सीडीआरओ, डब्लूएसएस की जाँच रिपोर्ट ‘सीज़ ऑफ़ स्टेट: रिपोर्ट ओन एन्काउंटरस एंड केसिस ऑफ़ सैक्सुअ वाएलेंस इन बीजापुर एंड सुकमा डिस्ट्रिक्टस ऑफ़ छत्तीसगढ़’
कोऑरर्डिनेशन ऑफ़ डैमोक्रैटिक राइट्स ओर्गानिज़ेश्न्स (सीडीआरओ) और वीमेन अगेन्सट सैक्सुअल वायेलेंस एंड स्टेट रिप्रैशन (डब्लूएसएस) ने 16 से 22 जनवरी 2016 के बीच छत्तीसगढ़ के बीजापुर और सुकुमा जिलों के गाँवों में एक जाँच की। जाँच दल ने 15 जनवरी को पेद्दाजोजेर (बीजापुर) गाँव...
Release of Fact Finding Report by CDRO and WSS entitled, “State of Siege: Report on Encounters and Cases of Sexual Violence in Bijapur and Sukma Districts of Chhattisgarh”
Between the 16th to 22nd January, 2016, members of Coordination of Democratic Rights Organization (CDRO) and Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) conducted a fact finding in villages of Bijapur and Sukma districts of Chhattisgarh. The team...
Kashmir: ‘More things change, more they remain the same’ – CDRO
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation is alarmed at how a demand for justice results again in killing of civilians by a trigger happy Government force in Kashmir. The alleged molestation of a 16 year old girl on April 12thby a personnel of 21 RR posted in...
Condemn police brutality on students and teachers in University of Hyderabad
PUDR strongly condemns the brutal police action unleashed on students and teachers at the University of Hyderabad campus on 22nd March 2016. This took place when students were protesting against the return of the Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Poddile to the campus after he...