May 11, 2007 | Undemocratic Laws
PUDR fears for the safety of Dr. Binayak Sen, General Secretary, People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Chhattisgarh, the National Vice President of PUCL and, a highly respected civil rights activist of long standing. As a medical doctor, Binayak Sen has been actively...
Apr 4, 2007 | Adivasis, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Undemocratic Laws
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the brutal attack on the protestors in Nandigram, an unwarranted attack in which, reports indicate, at least 21 people have been killed. This attack follows weeks of intense protests in the area over the...
Feb 19, 2007 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands a thorough probe into the large number of enforced disappearances in the hands of the security forces in Kashmir. What is shocking is the manner in which these enforced disappearances are passed off as encounter...
Oct 24, 2006 | Undemocratic Laws
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) Delhi Letters to Editor Subject: FIR against Danish Books under UAPA The Editor Hindustan Times 24.10.06 Sir, This is to draw your attention to the registering of an FIR under Sec. 18 (punishment for conspiracy and knowingly...
Mar 3, 2006 | Undemocratic Laws
In its session in December 2005, the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly passed the Chhattisgarh Special Public Safety Bill, 2005. The Chhattisgarh Vishesh Jan Suraksha Vidheyak, 2005 was introduced by the ruling party (the Bharatiya Janata Party) and some of the...
Dec 13, 2005 | Adivasis, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Fact-Finding on the Salwa Judum, Dantewara District, by an All-India team (PUCL Chhattisgarh and PUCL Jharkhand, PUDR, Delhi; APDR, West Bengal and IAPL), Nov-Dec 2005 Since June 2005, Dantewara District (formerly part of Bastar district), Chhattisgarh, has been in...
