Jul 15, 2014 | Caste, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
A joint team comprising the Association for Democratic Rights (AFDR) from Punjab, the People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) and Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) from Delhi visited Bhagana village of Hisar district on May 13, 2014....
Jul 11, 2014 | Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR mourns the killing of twenty eight year old Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh who was beaten to death by 30-40 members of Hindu Rashtra Sena on June 2nd in Hadaspar, Pune. Mohsin’s ‘fault’ was that he stood out as a Muslim with his skull cap and beard, which sufficed the...
May 10, 2014 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR condemns the abduction and arrest of G.N. Saibaba by men in mufti in broad daylight, on 9th afternoon. Dr. Saibaba, an Assistant Professor of English in Ram Lal Anand College was returning home around 1 p.m. after participating in the University’s examination...
May 10, 2014 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
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Apr 22, 2014 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 10 July 2013, a leading news channel Aaj Tak telecast a video clip that showed several young boys describing their experience of custodial torture by policemen at the Vijay Vihar Police Station in outer Delhi. The incident occurred between 26 and 28 March 2013. The...
Apr 1, 2014 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The introduction of the pentavalent vaccine in India in December 2011 as part of the immunization programme of the Government has had a chequered history. The pentavalent vaccine (a combination vaccine for protection against five childhood diseases- diphtheria,...
