Jul 13, 2020 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR is shocked to learn of the deteriorating condition of P. Varavara Rao in Taloja Jail. His family has held a press conference on July 12, 2020 drawing attention to his almost delirious and incoherent speech evident in his recent phone calls. His co-accused...
Jun 1, 2020 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
With the surrenders of Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha on April 14, 2020 in Mumbai and Delhi respectively, the NIA, the investigative agency, has ensured the arrest of all 11 prominent human rights activists in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case under the draconian...
May 28, 2020 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights is aghast at the National Investigating Agency (NIA) surreptitiously whisking away Gautam Navlakha from the Tihar Jail to Mumbai on 25 May 2020, without informing his lawyers or his family. 67-year old Gautam Navlakha was...
Apr 15, 2020 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
मानावधिकार कार्यकर्ता आनंद तेलतुम्बड़े और गौतम नवलखा को, देश भर में फैले कोरोना वायरस के संकट के बीच, एन.आई.ए. के समक्ष ‘सरेंडर’ करवाया जाना, आधुनिक भारत के राजनैतिक इतिहास में ओछेपन का एक नया स्तर है | पिछले दो वर्षों से देश भर में जनवादी अधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं, वकीलों...
Apr 14, 2020 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The attempt to browbeat rights activists, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde to ‘surrender’ to the National Investigation Agency, amidst a nation-wide lockdown on account of Covid-19, marks a deep and scathing new low in the political history of contemporary India....
Apr 12, 2020 | Undemocratic Laws
Rehearsed Truths: Eight Successive Bans on SIMI by UAPA Tribunals examines a special feature of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967—the role of Tribunals in reviewing and confirming bans on ‘unlawful’ organizations. Focusing attention on SIMI’s eight...
