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...
Jun 3, 2026 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) expresses deep concern over the arrests and detentions of workers, along with social activists, students, journalists, artists by the Uttar Pradesh police as part of the increasing efforts to criminalize the workers’ protest...
May 4, 2026 | Communalism, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the MCD’s demolition of parts of a property belonging to a Muslim owner-accused on April 30, 2026, in Uttam Nagar’s JJ Colony. The owner is an accused in the killing of Tarun Bhutolia and is currently in judicial custody. Importantly, the...
Apr 16, 2026 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Twenty-nine years after Abdul Rashid Wani was taken into custody by personnel of 2/8 Gorkha Riffles on 7 July 1997 at Rawalpora Srinagar, Kashmir, a judicial magistrate in Srinagar declared him “dead” and directed for a death certificate to be issued to his family by...
