Jul 9, 2026 | Adivasis, Encounters, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement
On 24 August 2024, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the deadline of 31 March 2026 for the complete eradication of Naxalism from the country. This report presents an account of 27 months of Operation Kagaar – security operations conducted jointly by the central...
Apr 9, 2026 | Adivasis, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
ओड़िशा के कालाहांडी ज़िले के कांतामल गाँव में स्थानीय पुलिस और गुंडों द्वारा की गई छापेमारी, हमलों और ग्रामीणों के घरों को तहस-नहस किए जाने की पी.यू.डी.आर कड़ी निंदा करता है। स्थानीय लोगों से मिली जानकारी के अनुसार 7 अप्रैल को लगभग रात में 2 बजे, पुलिस कुछ निजी लोगों...
Apr 8, 2026 | Adivasis, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the raids, attacks on villagers and destruction of their houses by the local police and goons in Kantamal village in Odisha’s Kalahandi District. As per accounts received from local people, at about 2 am on 7 April, police along with private...
Feb 10, 2025 | Adivasis, Armed Conflict, Encounters
With more than one year of security operations in Chhattisgarh under Operation Kagaar, PUDR condemns the central and state governments’ policy of securitization at the expense of people’s rights and in violation of domestic and international law governing the State’s...
Sep 26, 2024 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement
PUDR demands the immediate release of Kartik Naik, a prominent leader of the Maa Maati Maali Surakhya Manch resisting the setting up of a bauxite mine in the Sijimali/ Tijmali hills in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha by M/S Vedanta Ltd. Kartik Naik was...
Aug 21, 2023 | Adivasis, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Since 5 August 2023, the people of Niyamgiri, particularly those associated with the Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS), have been the target of a virulent attack in the form of disappearances, arbitrary arrests, police raids and the use of unlawful force against...
