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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Bhopal Riots: A Report
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A Cover-up that Failed: Death and Protest at Najafgarh Police Station
On 3rd March 1993, many national dailies reported the death of 35-year-old Satyavan, a resident of village Jharoda Kalan, Najafgarh, in police custody. PUDR sent a fact-finding team that met family members, the villagers, the new SHO Najafgarh police station, the SDM...
A “Criminal” Investigation: Death in Custody of Gurgaon P.S.
Ashok, 22 years old, belonging to the notorious Bawaria Tribe was picked up from his home by the Jahangirpuri police station on 9 February along with six other relatives, including his mother and sister Vimla. They were subjected to severe torture. Ashok and others...
ये फसल उमीदों की हमदम: मध्य भार में जनसंहार और किसान संघर्ष
स्वर्ण लिबरेशन फ्रंट के सदयों द्वारा २१ सितम्बर १९९१ को सात भूमिहीन मज़दूरों को सावनबीघा (जहानाबाद ) पकड़कर लाया गया और मार डाला गया। दो दिन बाद एक अन्य घटना में किसान संघ के सदस्यों ने सात गरीब दलितों को करकतबीघा (पटना ) में गोलियों से भून डाला। १ अक्टूबर को लगभग...
Cry the Beloved Country: Ayodhya, 6 December 1992
The Babri Masjid was demolished by kar sewaks on Sunday, 6 December. With it was shaken an image and an imagination that bound all of us together all these years. Memories of other times, of partition, revisited us and got mixed somewhat hazily with our future. The...
Latest Press Statements
Stop arrests and harassment of activists protesting against Kanhar Dam Project
PUDR condemns the ongoing attacks by the state police and land mafia against the protesters who have been agitating against the construction of the Kanhar Dam project in Sonbhadra district for the past seven months. The arrest of Roma Malik, Sukalo (30th June),...
Stop Yakub Memon’s Hanging
On 15th July, the Maharashtra government announced that it has initiated the process for hanging Yakub Memon. On 30th July, 2015 ‘he is to be hung by the neck till dead’. The announcement seemed inevitable after the Supreme Court had rejected his review petition on...
The Murderers of Dhananjoy Hazir Ho! Abolish Death Penalty
The irreversibility of death penalty, and the likelihood of innocents being executed by the Judiciary, is one of the strongest arguments for abolishing capital punishment. Dhananjoy Chatterjee today joins the list of persons where clear evidence exists that they were...
Release of report entitled, Banned and Damned: SIMI’s Saga with UAPA Tribunals
Since 2001, the Students Islamic Movement of India, SIMI, has remained banned as an ‘unlawful’ organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, UAPA for allegedly pursuing anti-national activities. Significantly, the ban provision under UAPA mandates the...
Lift the casteist ban on APSC!
On 22 May 2015, the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM), a student group namely Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC) was ‘derecognised’ by the Dean of Students following an advisory note received from the Under Secretary to the Human Resource Development...