Feb 26, 2016 | Adivasis, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
To, Chief Justice of India Supreme Court of India Tilak Marg New Delhi-110 201 (India) 26th February 2016 Honourable Sir, In continuation with our previous petition dated 22nd February 2016 seeking your intervention into the above matter, we would like to furnish...
Jan 18, 2016 | Adivasis, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Reports from Nendra and Pedda Jojer in Bijapur, and Kunna in Sukma reveal a new and brutal wave of systematic violence being carried out by security forces in South Chhattisgarh. On the one hand Chhattisgarh police proudly announces the launch of new operations and...
Dec 16, 2015 | Caste, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR expresses deep concern over the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015. On Human Rights Day, 10th December 2015, the apex court upheld five disqualifications laid down in the Act to particularly exclude those who are...
Dec 10, 2015 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
पीयूडीआर दिल्ली पुलिस द्वारा ‘ओक्युपाई युजीसी’ के प्रदर्शनकारियों पर लगातार किये जा रहे हमलों की पुरज़ोर निंदा करता है | 9 दिसंबर 2015 को दिल्ली पुलिस ने एक बार फिर ‘ओक्युपाई युजीसी’ प्रदर्शन में भाग ले रहे लोगों पर लाठी-चार्ज किया, आंसू गैस व...
Nov 22, 2015 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 16th November this year, the date which is celebrated as the National Press Day, three news dailies in Nagaland ran blank columns in place of editorials. The news dailies picked up the occasion to protest a notification from the Assam Rifles dated 25th October...
Nov 2, 2015 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the repression unleashed by the Delhi police on students protesting against the University Grants Commission’s move to scrap non NET fellowship for research scholars. The protesting students were lathicharged by the Delhi police first on...
