May 15, 2012 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the ongoing repression by the state on the peaceful protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu particularly since 8 May 2012. It condemns the policy of using tactics of threat and intimidation to crush a democratic...
May 15, 2012 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the police action on the peaceful anti-dam protestors in Lakhimpur district of Assam on 11 May 2012. These protestors, who were sitting in the camp, are peacefully demonstrating against the upcoming big dam on river Subansiri, which is...
Mar 31, 2012 | Adivasis, Gender Issues, Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
This report covers in detail the story of violence perpetrated against a 35-year-old tribal woman, Soni Sori, by the Chhattisgarh police and the prison authorities of the jail where she is imprisoned. The report highlights this relatively pervasive aspect of violence...
Mar 30, 2012 | Adivasis, Encounters, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
JHARKHAND FACT-FINDING: 26th to 30th March 2012 A 17 member team of civil liberties and democratic rights organisations from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Manipur, UP, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Jharkhand visited 3 districts Latehar, Garhwa and Palamau from March 25th to 29th...
Mar 21, 2012 | Adivasis, Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR expresses concern at the abduction of the two Italian nationals by the CPI (Maoist) in Kandamahal-Ganjam region of Orissa on March 14. However, a larger issue is raised by this act of abduction namely how even a wrong method can expose a legitimate concern of...
Mar 5, 2012 | Armed Conflict, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights is outraged at the brazen claim advanced by the Indian Army that let alone sanction for prosecution, no civil administration can even register a FIR against army personnel without sanction of the Central government. During the...
