Jul 29, 2011 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi (PUDR) condemns the threats being issued by the CPI (Maoist) party to members of the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and to others investigating and protesting against the killing of Niyamat Ansari at Manika block in Jharkhand. Niyamat...
Jul 12, 2011 | Adivasis, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
छत्तीसगढ़ में अबूझमाड़ के घने जंगलों के भीतर ११ फरवरी २०११ को बहुत गहरे राजनीतिक और ऐतिहासिक घटना घटी. इस दिन सीपीआई (माओवादी) ने मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं और मीडिया के चुनिंदा सदस्यों के सामने छत्तीसगढ़ पुलिस के पांच जवानों को रिहा किया. सीपीआई (माओवादी) २५ जनवरी २०११ को...
Jun 24, 2011 | Adivasis, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the undemocratic and arbitrary arrest of Akhil Gogoi, RTI activist and leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS). His arrest comes in the wake of police brutality and firing on people protesting their eviction from the hills and wetlands...
Jun 5, 2011 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights strongly condemns the midnight crackdown on thousands of people staging a ‘Satyagraha’ and hunger strike at Ramlila Maidan with Baba Ramdev for demands related to corruption and black money. The attack on the protesters was...
May 28, 2011 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
In yet another instance of the state’s harassment of civil rights activists and organizations, Gautam Navlakha long term member of the of the Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), Delhi, and for long a campaigner against state repression in Jammu and Kashmir,...
May 24, 2011 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
At about 6.oo pm Dr. Sunilam, Aradhana Bhargava and several leaders and activists of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti were viciously attacked by the goons of Adani Power Limited in Chhindwara district, MP. They were set upon on the Narsinghpur Road near Bhulamoh Gaon by...