Dec 8, 2015 | Adivasis, Others
PUDR mourns the death of Dr Brahma Dev Sharma, one among the rare breed of civil servants who, in service as well as on retirement, continued to stand by the marginalised and the oppressed. His lifelong service of championing the rights of the Adivasis has stood the...
Nov 22, 2015 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 16th November this year, the date which is celebrated as the National Press Day, three news dailies in Nagaland ran blank columns in place of editorials. The news dailies picked up the occasion to protest a notification from the Assam Rifles dated 25th October...
Nov 2, 2015 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the repression unleashed by the Delhi police on students protesting against the University Grants Commission’s move to scrap non NET fellowship for research scholars. The protesting students were lathicharged by the Delhi police first on...
Oct 21, 2015 | Communalism, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The threat of a two pronged attack on life and liberty of the citizens, as well as visiting foreigners, posed by a party in power never appeared as imminent as it does today. There is an exponential rise in the assault on our democratic rights launched by the Hindtuva...
Oct 20, 2015 | Communalism
On 18th October 2015, Zahid Ahmed Bhat succumbed to his burn injuries in New Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. Bhat, a resident of Batengoo, Anantnag district, was a nineteen year old cleaner of a truck that was set on fire on the night of 9th–10th October 2015 by a...
