People’s Union for Democratic Rights

A civil liberties and democratic rights organisation based in Delhi, India

Stop State Violence on People’s Movements in Orissa

May 14, 2010 | Adivasis

PUDR strongly condemns the reign of violence that the Orissa government has been unleashing on people’s movements protesting against the forcible acquisition of their land and forests for big industry. On May 12 once again one tribal has been killed and several others...

अधूरे वादे: हरदा में जंगल एवं जमीन के लिए संघर्ष

Feb 17, 2010 | Adivasis

To download the report, click below: अधूरे वादे: हरदा में जंगल एवं जमीन के लिए संघर्ष For the English version of the report, click below: Unkept Promises: The Struggle for Forests, Land and Wages in...

Unkept Promises: The Struggle for Forests, Land and Wages in Harda

Feb 17, 2010 | Adivasis

In 2006, the Government of India passed the Scheduled Tribes & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act which legalised individual and collective ownership of land occupied by tribal and non-tribal communities residing on forest lands...

Findings of fact-finding team in Dantewada

Oct 20, 2009 | Adivasis

Findings of fact-finding team into 17th September and 1st October murders by security forces in Dantewada Till now, no substantive information has been given in the media regarding the Gachanpalli killings of 17th September 2009 (during Operation Green Hunt) and 1st...

Press Release on Harda Fact Finding

Sep 8, 2009 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement

Following reports of attacks on tribals, institution of numerous cases and arrests of those associated with the Shramik Adivasi Sangathan in Harda district, People’s Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi (PUDR) sent a four-member team to conduct a fact-finding. The...

Police Repression in Uttarakhand

Feb 6, 2009 | Adivasis, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights

There has been a spurt in police action against activists of several people’s organizations in Uttarakhand since 2004. Scores of people have been booked since 2004, in particular in 2005 and 2007, under various charges ranging from treason and sedition to membership...

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