Dec 11, 2013 | Gender Issues, Undemocratic Laws
The Peoples’ Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) expresses deep disappointment at the Supreme Court ruling making homosexual relations between consenting adults an offence. In an affirmation of the rights of Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) persons, the Delhi...
Sep 4, 2013 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) strongly condemns the arrest of Prashant Rahi and Hem Mishra, accusing them of Naxal links. Though the exact date of Hem Mishra’s arrest is yet to be ascertained, he was most probably picked up by the police...
Aug 27, 2013 | Adivasis, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws
Six cases of encounters in Gadchiroli district have been reported in the press this year. A total of 26 persons have lost their lives in these encounters. People from the villages where the encounters took place have questioned the veracity of the police claims. The...
Jul 20, 2013 | Adivasis, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On November 14, 2012, media reported that five Maoists had been killed and one red rebel captured during an encounter between the security forces and the Sabyasachi Panda faction in the Bhaliaguda forest area of Gobindapur panchayat of Gajapati district (bordering...
Jul 3, 2013 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) welcomes the decision of the Judicial Magistrate, Kupwara (J&K) on 18th June 2013, asking for “further investigation to unravel the identity of those who happen to be perpetrators” of mass rape which took...
May 31, 2013 | Adivasis, Armed Conflict, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) notes with concern the sad loss of 30 lives in the Maoist attack on the “Parivartan Rally” of Congress Party on 25 May 2013. This is the latest in the series of killings, big and small, in the ongoing undeclared war that...
