People’s Union for Democratic Rights

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

PUDR welcomes the Supreme Court Judgment against practice of arming tribal youth as SPOs in order to fight the Maoists

Jun 6, 2011 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations

People’s Union for Democratic Rights welcomes the recent judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in which it has struck down as ‘unconstitutional’ the practice of arming local tribal youth as special police officers (SPOs) in order to fight the Maoists. It has asked...

Of Human Bondage: An Account of Hostage Taking in Bastar

Mar 1, 2011 | Adivasis

An event of great political and historical significance occurred on 11 February 2011 inside the dense forests of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh with the CPI (Maoist) releasing five policemen of the Chhattisgarh police force, abducted by them on 25 January 2011, before a...

Condemning spate of repression in Lalgarh

Jun 20, 2010 | Adivasis

PUDR strongly condemns the unwarranted arrests and detention of three members of a fact finding team investigating into the atrocities committed by the police and the paramilitary forces in Lalgarh on June 15, 2010. All three, Nisha Biswas, Kanishka Chowdhury and...

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...