Dec 14, 2023 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR notes with concern the redrafted section on Terrorist Activities in the revised Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023. While in the earlier draft of the BNS, the offence of a Terrorist Act largely mirrored the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the...
Dec 7, 2023 | Death Penalty, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) raises concern over the increased number of offences punishable by death in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS, 2023). Tabled in the Parliament in August, the BNS is slated to replace the existing Indian Penal Code (IPC, 1860)...
Sep 29, 2023 | Custodial Death, Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Aug 5, 2023 | Undemocratic Laws
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) welcomes the Supreme Court order granting bail on merits and release of Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, two of the accused in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). In a...
Mar 23, 2023 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the arrest of Irfan Mehraj, a Srinagar-based freelance journalist and researcher under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on 20 March 2023 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the so-called ‘NGO Terror funding...
Feb 22, 2023 | Ramanadham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Every year PUDR organizes a Dr Ramanadham memorial lecture on a topic of contemporary interest. Last year it was Urban Planning and Democratic Rights. The year before that it was on Judiciary and Democratic Rights. In 2008 the topic of the 22nd Ramanadham memorial...
