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Over the last 30 years or more, 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 1976-77 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.

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Press Releases


Jun 06 05:30

A Not So Mysterious Death: the death of Khalid Mujahid

 PUDR strongly condemns the death of Khalid Mujahid, an undertrial arrested in 2007 in connection with bomb blasts in UP earlier that year. Mujahid died on 19 May, 2013 when he was being escorted by a team of the Uttar Pradesh state police from a court in Faizabad to Lucknow jail. His death while under police escort in what is a clear case of custodial killing raises several questions - the rights of citizens, especially Muslim youth; the character of the police and state; the truth behind terror cases and arrests.

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May 31 16:19

Unending Spiral of Violence: Darbha

 The People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) notes with concern the sad loss of 30 lives in the Maoist attack on the “Parivartan Rally” of Congress Party on 25 May 2013. This is the latest in the series of killings, big and small, in the ongoing undeclared war that the Indian government is waging against our own people. Many of the victims of this war are poor adivasis killed in operations by the security forces, that the government assiduously attempts to hide from the public at large.

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May 23 05:30

Release of PUDR report ‘Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki India Limited’(May 2013) at Press Conference in Chandigarh

 On18 July 2012 a violent incident occurred at the Manesar unit of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), in which an HR manager died and some other managers as well as workers were injured.  Following reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families in late July 2012, Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) began a fact-finding investigation into the incident, its context and implications.

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May 19 22:06

Stop the Police Brutality Against Maruti Suzuki Workers

 The Haryana Government yet again in a brazen and outright cowardly manner has sought to protect the interest of capital and particularly the management of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd by refusing to allow the victimised workers and their families to undertake a peaceful demonstration planned for today which was expected to draw in ten thousand people from across the state.

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May 13 05:30

PUDR demands the unconditional release of Abhay Sahu.

PUDR unequivocally condemns the undemocratic ways of the Odisha government in trying to further corporate interests under the rhetoric of development, subjecting the locals to repression, displacement and a threat to survival.

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Latest Publications


May 25 05:30

DRIVING FORCE: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki India Limited

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 This report is the outcome of PUDR investigation undertken after the incident of 18 July 2012, at the Manesar unit of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), in which an HR manager died and some other managers as well as workers were injured. PUDR investgated the context and implications of this incident, which the media projected as an isolated act of horrific violence. This report also tries to unravel the long chain of events and continuous tension and conflict that preceded the incident and the truth about the incident itself.

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Apr 19 05:30

JKCCS RESOLUTION ON KASHMIR - ADOPTED ON 20 APRIL 2013 IN A PUBLIC MEETING AT SRINAGAR AND ENDORSED BY CDRO AND OTHERS

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 This resolution was adopted by JKCCS in a public meeting on Asia Jeenlan's ninth death anniversay held in Srinagar on 20th April 2013. The theme of the public meeting was Institutional Violance: The Indian State in Jammu & Kashmir. The resolution was endorsed by Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations, who were present in the public meeting and also by other 200 participants.   


Jan 15 05:30

DAMS, DEVELOPMENT AND THE NORTH EAST: A Report on the Peoples' Resistance to Mega Dams in the Brahmaputra and Barak Valley

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 In light of the growing protests against the mega dams coming up in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys, CDRO decided to send an all-India fact finding team to these areas. An eight member team visited the three states of the north east,  Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, between 18-23 April 2012. The team specifically looked into the Hydro Electric Projects of Tipaimukh (Manipur), Lower Subansiri, Lower Siang, Demwe and Debang (Arunachal Pradesh).

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