Jul 2, 2019 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR unequivocally condemns the arrest of Jnyanadeep Gogoi, a 31-year-old employee of ONGC, on false allegations of waging war and participating in unlawful and terrorist activities for his Facebook posts on ULFA (I) i.e. United Liberation Front of Assam...
May 8, 2019 | Gender Issues, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Today on the 8th of May, 2019, on a second day in succession, people protesting at Connaught Place, against the “clean chit” given to Justice Gogoi by an in-house inquiry that violated established procedures and principles and demanding an independent inquiry, were...
Apr 29, 2019 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
A 16-member fact-finding team of All India Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) and Ganatantrik Adhikar Suraksha Sangathan, Odisha (GASS) had been to Niyamgiri area and Vedanta Plant site, Lanjigada and spent three days from 26th to 28th April, 2019...
Apr 2, 2019 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama in mid-February and the escalating tensions between India & Pakistan following Balakot air strikes, have provided ample occasion for the Indian state to use draconian laws to further suppress the democratic aspirations and...
Mar 15, 2019 | Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR draws attention to the illegality behind the decision of the Central Government-ruled Jammu and Kashmir to ban Jamaat-e-Islami of Jammu and Kashmir on February 28, 2019. While attention has been focussed on the escalation and de-escalation of tension between...
Jan 17, 2019 | Death Penalty, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
To, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, The President of India, President’s Secretariat Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi – 110 004 Subject: Appeal for intervention in ensuring the release of Bara convicts Respected sir, We bring to your attention the plight of four...
