The rustication of eight students by Jawaharlal Nehru University, in response to the gherao of JNU’s Registrar by a number of students on 19 February 2007 must be condemned as disproportionate and vindictive.
PEOPLE'S UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS (PUDR)
24 June 2007
PRESS STATEMENT: RUSTICATION OF JNU STUDENTS
A public meeting organized in Delhi here today demanded the release of Dr Binayak Sen, and Rajinder Sail of PUCL Chhatisgarh, dropping all charges, end to the Salwa Judum and the repeal of Chhatisgarh Special Public (Security) Act 2005 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
We, the following Civil and Democratic Rights organizations, strongly condemn the arrest of Dr.
We strongly condemn the threats being held out by the Superintendent of Police, Raipur, to activists of PUCL, Chhattisgarh and other democratic activists.
PUDR fears for the safety of Dr. Binayak Sen, General Secretary, People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Chhattisgarh, the National Vice President of PUCL and, a highly respected civil rights activist of long standing.
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands the immediate production by the Government of India, all of the ULFA activists handed over by the Royal Bhutanese Army in the course of counter-insurgency operations in Bhutan.
People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the brutal attack on the protestors in Nandigram, an unwarranted attack in which, reports indicate, at least 21 people have been killed.
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands a thorough probe into the large number of enforced disappearances in the hands of the security forces in Kashmir.