Oct 25, 2026 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha have seen a series of arrests in the last month. The latest of which is of Randall Sequeira, a member of the Medico Friend Circle (MFC), also associated with the Ma Mati Mali Surakhya Manch (MMMSM), and Laxman Naik, a...
Oct 12, 2026 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Following the success of the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party’s July 2026 anti-NEET protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, the state embarked on warlike preparations on the eve of the October protests. The October 10, 2026, people’s protest- jointly called by the CJP,...
Sep 22, 2026 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR raises concern over the repeated denial of medical bail to septuagenarian E. Abubacker who has been languishing as an undertrial since September 22, 2022, in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Most recently, in July 2026, the special NIA court rejected Abubacker’s bail plea,...
Aug 23, 2026 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On August 6, 2026, the Home Department of the Maharashtra Government notified ‘forfeiture’ of 114 publications under S 98 of the BNSS (Power to Declare Certain Publications as Forfeited). The publications are shown as linked to terror organizations (IS/ISIS, ISKP,...
Jul 29, 2026 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR welcomes the release of Khurram Parvez and Irfan Meharaj on bail but is alarmed at the restrictive and unreasonable bail conditions set forth in the order of the trial court. The NIA has registered two cases against Khurram Parvez, an activist with decades of...
Jun 3, 2026 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
पीपल्स यूनियन फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स (पीयूडीआर) उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस द्वारा श्रमिकों, सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं, छात्रों, पत्रकारों और कलाकारों की गिरफ्तारी और हिरासत पर गहरी चिंता व्यक्त करता है। यह गिरफ्तारी अप्रैल में मानेसर, फिर नोएडा और एनसीआर के अन्य हिस्सों में भड़के...