Aug 20, 2012 | Undemocratic Laws, Working Class
PUDR is deeply concerned at the new turn in the saga of Maruti-Suzuki workers struggle against the management and owners of the company. The company has announced that it will set up a special force of security personnel comprising 100 ex-servicemen inside its...
Aug 19, 2012 | Undemocratic Laws
PUDR strongly condemns banning of Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), Andhra Pradesh Unit by Andhra Pradesh Government in the name of ‘Maoism’ under the draconian Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act, 1992. This is the latest instances amongst the series of repressive...
Jul 9, 2012 | Others, Undemocratic Laws
Shut the voices that do not speak for them: that is what all non-democratic regimes do. And that happens in democracies too. Or at least it happens in India which makes high claims of its democracy. Sometimes it is done through the state machinery like police and the...
Jun 26, 2012 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The Judgment pronounced by the sessions court at Allahabad in the case of Seema Azad and Vishwa Vijay is a perfect example of how a large number of half-truths, inadmissible evidence, procedural violations and an obnoxious piece of legislation can convert a free...
Jun 12, 2012 | Communalism, Custodial Death, Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
It is extremely surprising that Qateel Siddiqui, one of the main suspects in German bakery case, was killed in the high security cell of Yerwada Jail. Qateel was under the custody of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) since May 3 after being handed over by Delhi...
Jun 10, 2012 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the verdict of a lower Court in Allahabad awarding life sentence to Civil Rights activist Seema Azad and her spouse Vishvvijay on charges of sedition, waging war and under several provisions of the draconian law, Unlawful Activities Prevention...
