Feb 11, 2013 | Armed Conflict, Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the imposition of curfew accompanied by blanket gag on all media, including television, print and online, in the Kashmir valley following the secretive hanging of Afzal Guru. Since Saturday morning Kashmir valley has been placed under a...
Jan 5, 2013 | Armed Conflict, Custodial Rape, Gender Issues, Others, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
While PUDR understands that Indian society is deeply patriarchal, it also believes that the Indian state is primarily responsible for the sorry state of women’s rights in this country and that its actions enforce and sustain the inequality of women in the...
Dec 26, 2012 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) welcomes the release of the study “Alleged Perpetrators” by the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Administered Kashmir (IPTK) and Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) on...
Dec 20, 2012 | Death Penalty, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the death sentence to Mohammad Afzal as unfair and unjust and demands the commutation of his sentence. Not only does PUDR oppose capital punishment in principle as violating the right to life, as based on ‘an eye for eye’ revengeful ‘justice’;...
Dec 18, 2012 | Adivasis, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
For a long time now, the Jharkhand government has been avoiding confrontation with people’s issues. Any struggle or protest that takes place today in Jharkhand is automatically viewed as one which is anti-state. Whether the issue is one related to displacement or of...
Nov 29, 2012 | Death Penalty, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The execution of Ajmal Amer Kasab has been hailed as one that gave a sense of justice and closure to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attack. But far from that, Kasab’s hanging should set alarm bells ringing for every citizen of this country because it shows...
