Aug 26, 2009 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR would like to bring to notice that the Jharkhand police who had picked up two activists of CPI (Maoist) party, identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs as Amit Bagchi and Shaufeeq Mandal on 19 August, have finally produced them after a gap nearly 6 days in...
Feb 22, 2009 | Communalism, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
This is the report of a fact-finding investigation conducted by PUDR and Jan Hastakshep into the police ‘encounter’ in Jamia Nagar, Delhi and subsequent events in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh from 19th September 2008. It draws light upon the inherent communal bias with...
Feb 6, 2009 | Adivasis, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
There has been a spurt in police action against activists of several people’s organizations in Uttarakhand since 2004. Scores of people have been booked since 2004, in particular in 2005 and 2007, under various charges ranging from treason and sedition to membership...
Nov 7, 2008 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
A four member fact-finding team undertook a fact finding from October 23-26, 2008 and 6-7 November, 2008 to investigate state repression of individuals and crackdown on organisations in Uttarakhand, happening in the guise of suppressing the Maoist threat. The team...
Aug 30, 2008 | Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Hundreds of intellectuals, students, media persons and activists sat on a Dharna today at Jantar Mantar by Janhastakshep, PUCL and PUDR protesting against the crackdowns on non-violent protests by the people in Jammu & Kashmir. Nearly three month long agitation...
Aug 29, 2008 | Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
A eight-member team from four human rights organisations conducted an investigation into the “economic blockade” in Kashmir and its aftermath and toured the districts of Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla, and Bandipora. The team spoke to victims of the violence and their...