Nov 4, 2020 | Communalism, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
This year marks the 36th anniversary of the genocide of Sikhs in Delhi which began on 31 October and went on till 4 November. The genocide spread to 40 cities. Official figures state that 2700 were killed in Delhi. Unofficial estimates state that the total number of...
Aug 8, 2020 | Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया परिसर में 13 से 15 दिसंबर 2019 को हुई पुलिस की बर्बरपूर्ण घटनाओं के संदर्भ में PUDR की एक छह सदस्यीय टीम ने 16 से 19 दिसंबर 2019 तक चार दिवसीय जांच-पड़ताल की। ये बर्बरता एवं क्रूरता 11 दिसंबर 2019 को संसद द्वारा पारित नागरिकता (संशोधन) अधिनियम...
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...
May 12, 2020 | Communalism, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
About eighty days after the riots that convulsed NE Delhi, what is the status of the investigation into the ‘over 700’ FIRs reportedly registered, according to the Home Minister’s statement in Parliament on 11 March, two months ago? If recent media reportage of the...
