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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एस.पी.एम. औटोकॉम्प में औद्योगिक दुर्घटनाएं और यूनियन बनाने का संघर्ष
मानेसर, हरियाणा का इन्डस्ट्रियल माडल टाउनशिप (आई.एम.टी.) दिल्ली-एन.सी.आर. का जाना माना औद्योगिक क्षेत्र है। औद्योगिक क्षेत्र होने के अलावा, यह क्षेत्र मारुती प्लान्ट के कारण भी मशहूर है। मारुती के मजदूरों का संघर्ष भी प्रचलित रहा है, और यह भी जानी हुई बात है कि हाल...
Accidents, Death, Repression and Unionisation in SPM Autocomp Systems Pvt. Ltd., Manesar: A Report
Industrial Model Township (IMT) in Manesar, Haryana is known, not only as an industrial belt in the National Capital Region (NCR) but also as the home to the Maruti plant and the struggle by its workers. It is well known that 13 active union members of Maruti's...
CDRO Campaign for Release of Political Prisoners: Profiles of 6 Political Prisoners convicted under UAPA in Gadchiroli
A brief background of six political prisoners convicted under the UAPA is provided in the attached file. Download the report cdro_pol_pris_gadchiroli_091117.pdf
Oppose NDA’s Anti-worker Amendments to Labour Laws!
The incessant violation of the workers’ rights in the name of labour reforms under the current political establishment has hit another low. The NDA government has already been making amendments in labour laws in order to push its programmes like ‘Make-in-India’,...
एनडीए सरकार द्वारा श्रम क़ानूनों में मज़दूर-विरोधी संशोधन के खिलाफ एक हों!
एनडीए सरकार द्वारा ‘मेक इन इण्डिया’, ‘स्किल इंडिया’, ‘डिजिटल इण्डिया’ और ‘व्यापार की सहूलियत’ जैसे कार्यक्रमों का डंका बजाते हुए श्रम कानूनों में संशोधन किये जा रहे हैं | श्रम मंत्रालय द्वारा 43 श्रम कानूनों को 4 बड़े कानूनों में समेकित किया जा रहा है | इसी कड़ी में 10...
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RELEASE OF PUDR’S REPORT: ‘The Anti-Labour Codes’
The 75th Independence Day of India is practically the first for workers in the country without the official protection of crucial labour laws, like the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Factories Act, 1948 among others. Some of these laws are as old as the country’s...
पीयूडीआर रिपोर्ट – “द ऐंटी लेबर कोड्ज़”
आज़ादी की 75वीं वर्षगाँठ र्ष पर देश के मज़दरूों के लिए आज़ादी के बाद लगभग पहली बार कई ज़रूरी श्रम क़ाननू जैसे, इंडस्ट्रीयल डिस्पयूट्स अधिनियम (1947), फ़ैक्ट्रीज़ अधिनियम (1948), आदि का सुरक्षा कवच उपलब्ध नहीं होगा। इनमें से कुछ क़ाननू तो भारत की आज़ादी के साथ लाए गए...
Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy
PUDR’s report, Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy, offers an exhaustive account of what lay behind Stan Swamy’s death in judicial custody in a private hospital on 5 July 2021. As is known, he was arrested from his room in Bagaicha ATC campus on 8 October 2020 under...
Condemn CRPF firing on protestors in Silanger village in Sukma district
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the turn of events at Silanger village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh over the past two weeks. On 12 May, a CRPF camp was set up at the Silanger village despite protests by the residents of nearby villages. On 17...
Immediately withdraw draft rules under the Industrial Relations Code
On 4 May 2021, the Central Government’s Ministry of Labour and Employment notified certain Draft Rules under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, one of the 4 Labour Codes passed by Parliament in 2019-20. The Industrial Relations Code 2020 (henceforth ‘IR Code’)...