Jul 18, 2014 | Death Penalty, Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Undemocratic Laws
PUDR’s opposition to the penalty of death is three decades old. Like everything else our opposition to capital punishment is evolving and is a ‘work in progress’. Starting with serious objections to the arbitrariness inbuilt in awarding the Death Penalty, the fact...
Jul 11, 2014 | Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR mourns the killing of twenty eight year old Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh who was beaten to death by 30-40 members of Hindu Rashtra Sena on June 2nd in Hadaspar, Pune. Mohsin’s ‘fault’ was that he stood out as a Muslim with his skull cap and beard, which sufficed the...
May 10, 2014 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR condemns the abduction and arrest of G.N. Saibaba by men in mufti in broad daylight, on 9th afternoon. Dr. Saibaba, an Assistant Professor of English in Ram Lal Anand College was returning home around 1 p.m. after participating in the University’s examination...
May 10, 2014 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
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Feb 25, 2014 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On the 24 February, 2014, the LG of Delhi put off the demolition of the Kathputli colony till the 1st April. But demolished it will be. Nearly fifty year old Kathputli Colony, home to 3274 households comprising between 15000-17000 people will be bulldozed at the hands...
Feb 1, 2014 | Undemocratic Laws, Working Class
PUDR hails the victory of panels put up by the terminated and jailed workers of the Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Union in the elections of the workers unions held at the Gurgaon plant and the Manesar plant on 26 April and 4 April, respectively. These victories are an...