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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109 Deaths in DMRC’s Construction Sites
109 workers have died so far in the construction sites of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), according to an affidavit submitted by Metro authorities to PUDR. The list of figures were released today in the hearing on the public interest litigation filed in the...
Violation of labour laws at the Commonwealth Games Construction sites continues unabated
Violation of laws is a crime. This crime is being committed through widespread flouting of labour laws by the state agencies - that is the DDA, CPWD, MCD, NDMC, PWD, DMRC, University of Delhi, involved in the construction work related to Commonwealth Games as...
Stop the continuing killings of innocent civilians in Kashmir
Since June 11, 11 innocent civilians have been killed by security forces in Kashmir in what can only be described as highly undemocratic and callous attitude of Indian establishment towards the people of Kashmir. There has been continuous unrest since the Machil...
Condemning spate of repression in Lalgarh
PUDR strongly condemns the unwarranted arrests and detention of three members of a fact finding team investigating into the atrocities committed by the police and the paramilitary forces in Lalgarh on June 15, 2010. All three, Nisha Biswas, Kanishka Chowdhury and...
The Definition of Injustice: The Bhopal Gas Murders
PUDR believes that the latest judgment on the Bhopal gas leak of 1984 is a complete farce and absolutely criminal in the gap between the enormity of the crime and the punishment meted out to the offenders, a direct reflection of the gap between the social location of...