Oct 25, 2017 | Undemocratic Laws
PUDR condemns the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance promulgated by the Rajasthan government on 7 September 2017, preventing magistrates from taking cognizance of complaints against serving and former Judges, Magistrates, and public servants without...
Oct 11, 2017 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Right to protest has been coming under attack under one or other pretext. Earlier public order was the way in which our right to protest was curtailed by imposing IPC Section 144 on large parts of the Delhi city to prevent gathering of more than five persons. People...
Oct 10, 2017 | Custodial Death
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) expresses grave concern at the increasing incidents of violent attacks and gang wars in jail which severely threaten the life and security of the inmates. The Tihar jail authorities have faltered in fulfilling their...
Sep 15, 2017 | Undemocratic Laws
PUDR condemns the arrest of peasant leader and RTI activist, Akhil Gogoi on charges of sedition and waging war by Assam police. Gogoi’s arrest is yet again a glaring example of the state’s frenzy in crushing political opposition by the use of repressive laws. Gogoi as...
Sep 10, 2017 | Communalism
पीयूडीआर पत्रकार गौरी लंकेश की हत्या की कड़ी निंदा करता है | ‘गौरी लंकेश पत्रिका’ की संपादक लंकेश की 5 सितंबर को बेंगलुरु में उनके घर के बाहर गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी गई | कन्नड़ भाषा में प्रकाशित इस पत्रिका के माध्यम से गौरी लगातार जाति व्यवस्था, अंधविश्वास, कट्टरपंथी...