Sep 7, 2025 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 2 September 2025, the High Court of Delhi in two separate orders dismissed pleas for bail on behalf of ten persons who stand accused by the Delhi Police of commission of terrorist acts, terror funding and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts in relation to the...
Aug 20, 2025 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
16 champions of people rights have been implicated in the BK Case since 2018 They include lawyers, journalists, academics, cultural artists, a poet and a priest In 2021 Father Stan Swamy died while in jail Nine are out on bail but face stringent conditions Six...
Oct 15, 2024 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) mourns the death of activist, teacher and poet GN Saibaba and condemns the state’s role in contributing to his early demise at the age of 57. Of the ten years since his arrest in May 2014 Saibaba spent over eight years in...
Apr 8, 2024 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR expresses relief at the Supreme Court’s granting of bail to Prof. Shoma Sen on April 5, after nearly six long years of pre-trial incarceration. Charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the infamous Bhima Koregaon (BK) conspiracy case, Shoma Sen...
Sep 29, 2023 | Custodial Death, Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Jun 6, 2023 | Political Prisoners
Without bail, without charges being framed, without justice! Release all 15-surviving accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. June 6, 2023 will mark five years that five activists are behind bars. They include Mahesh Raut, an anti-displacement campaigner, Rona Wilson, a...
