Reports


Oct 30 09:30

Loot of the Land, Livelihood and Life: A joint fact finding in to incidents of crime against people in Odisha

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A fact-finding committee of ten members from six rights organisations - People’s Union for Civil Liberties (Odisha), Organisation for Protection of Democratic Rights (Andhra Pradesh), Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (West Bengal), Human Rights Forum (Andhra Pradesh), Campaign for Justice and Peace (Tamilnadu), Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (Andhra Pradesh) and Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (Delhi) - visited the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada in South Odisha, and Sundergarh in Western Odisha for three days from 2nd to 4th May, 2011 to look into re

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Press Statements


Dec 29 10:52

PUDR condemns arrest and lathi-charge on anti-dam protesters in Assam

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Which ‘People’ are the Dams for?

People’s Union for Democratic Rights strongly condemns the police firing, lathi-charge and arrest of peaceful protesters of the anti-dam movement in Assam in the last two days. Nearly 400 people who had been gathering at the protest site at Ranganadi in Lakhimpur town of north Assam since 16 December were arrested in the wee hours of 26 December. Later when thousands of protesters reassembled to continue their protest at Chauldhowa in the morning of 27 December, police fired in the air, burst tear gas shells, and resorted to lathi-charge to evict the protesters.

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Letters


Jan 16 2006

Letter to Orissa Chief minister regarding Kalinga Nagar Firing

PEOPLE’S UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS

To
The Chief Minister,
Government of Orissa

16 January 2006

Sir,

Re: Police Firing on Protestors in Kalinga Nagar, Jajpur District, Orissa

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