Nov 10, 2018 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights condemns series of incidents triggered by members of CPI(Maoist) in Bastar Sambhag (region) of Chhattisgarh in just over a fortnight. November 8: Four civilians and one CISF Head constable were killed when an IED (improvised...
Sep 9, 2018 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi (PUDR) strongly protests the accusation by the Maharashtra police claiming that the PUDR is a frontal organisation of the CPI (Maoist) party. This is a blatant attempt to threaten and restrict the functioning of one of...
Sep 9, 2018 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
पीपल्स यूनियन फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स महाराष्ट्र पुलिस द्वारा पीयूडीआर पर सीपीआई (माओइस्ट) पार्टी का ‘फ्रंटल’ संगठन होने के दावे की कड़ी निंदा करता है | यह खुलेआम, भारत के एक सबसे पुराने जनवादी संगठन को धमकी देने और उसके काम पर रोक लगाने की कोशिश है | पीयूडीआर और...
Aug 30, 2018 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
We, the undersigned, strongly oppose and condemn the illegal raids carried out in different cities, and arrests of Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao by the Maharashtra Police on 28 th August 2018. These are only the...
Aug 29, 2018 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The country is witnessing another round of crackdown on Human Rights Activists. While Arun Ferreira (Advocate), Sudha Bhardwaj (Trade Unionist, Teacher and Advocate), Gautam Navlakha (Editor and Writer), Varvara Rao (Writer and Literary critic) and Vernon Gonsalves...
Jul 15, 2018 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
22nd May 2018 shook the conscience of all the citizens of India when the news of police firing on anti-Sterlite protestors in Tuticorin (Thoothukodi) in TamilNadu and killing 15 of them reached the citizens through different news channels and media reports. Such a...