Oct 26, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The high handedness of the Taloja Central Jail administration was evident in the events leading to the death of the octogenarian Bhima Koregaon undertrail, Stan Swamy on July 5, 2021. Almost immediately, the remaining BK undertrials protested the arbitrary jail...
Aug 6, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Marking a month since Stan Swamy passed away in judicial custody in a private hospital, a month in which no official inquiry, even the mandated magisterial inquest, has not been initiated, Framed to die: The case of Stan Swamy documents the manner in which Stan Swamy...
Aug 6, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR’s report, Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy, offers an exhaustive account of what lay behind Stan Swamy’s death in judicial custody in a private hospital on 5 July 2021. As is known, he was arrested from his room in Bagaicha ATC campus on 8 October 2020 under...
Apr 22, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Hon’ble Mr. Chief Justice Delhi High Court This is to bring to your notice the alarming situation inside Delhi prisons in view of the virulent new wave of COVID. As reported in the Indian Express dt. 15 April 2021, there are presently 67 active cases of COVID among...
Apr 2, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
In a move paralleling the Bhima Koregaon case, the NIA has, over two days, March 31 and April 1, conducted raids in 31 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and seized a variety of materials, allegedly relating to furthering activities of proscribed...
Mar 4, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) expresses concern at the directions of the Supreme Court on 1 March and the last resolution passed by the High Powered Committee (HPC) in Delhi on 17 February whereby it has been decided that all prisoners who were released...
