Dec 15, 2011 | Adivasis, Death Penalty, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR welcomes the Jharkhand High Court decision acquitting Jiten Marandi and three other adivasi poor peasants, earlier convicted and given the death sentence by District and Sessions Court, Giridih in Chilkari Firing of October 26, 2007 in the Girdih District, in...
Dec 9, 2011 | Adivasis, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights is distressed at the hiatus between the sharp observations of the Supreme Court judges and their timid operative orders and judgments. If there was any doubt over this it has been laid to rest by the recent orders of the apex court...
Dec 8, 2011 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR denounces the statement given by state home minister Jitendra Singh in Rajya Sabha on 7 December 2011 in which he asserted that the CPI (Maoist) is active in Delhi and named several groups as being the Party’s front organizations. Answering question no. 1637...
Oct 9, 2011 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
This is a small report on prison life in Tihar, to bring home facts about a world and its people completely invisible to the outside world. PUDR’s repeated request to jail authorities seeking permission to undertake formal visits to the jail was rejected and thus the...
Sep 10, 2011 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), People’s Union for Civil Rights, Haryana and Citizens’ Front in Support of Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Struggle condemn the arrest of leaders of the Maruti Suzuki Employees Union last night even while the...
Aug 10, 2011 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) strongly condemns the unconstitutional and undemocratic act of the Central Government in detaining Anna Hazare and his supporters in the early hours of 16th August, who were scheduled to arrive at the site of peaceful...
