People’s Union for Democratic Rights

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

Agrarian Unrest in Patna

Dec 15, 1981 | Adivasis

This is the report of the of a fact finding team of academicians and journalists appointed by the PUDR, Delhi. The appointment of the team followed reports in the press about police firings and arrests of people due to alleged extremist violence. The committee visited...

Adivasis of Adilabad: Investigation into Inderavallli Firing

May 30, 1981 | Adivasis

PUDR team visited Adilabad to get first hand report on the police firing at Inderaveli on April 20, 1981, to ascertain the fact leading to the firing and the socio-economic back ground tho the tension which prevails in the region. The team visited Adilabad town,...

Repression in Singhbhum

Mar 25, 1979 | Adivasis

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights (PUCL) in Delhi was concerned to learn of frequent instances of police firing on adivasis in Chaibasa and oppression of landless labourers in Baharagora areas of Singhbhum in Bihar during the latter...