Nov 15, 2010 | Others, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) considers the raid and alleged recovery of “banned literature” and correspondence from Babita Pandey’s rented accommodation in New Delhi by the Andhra Pradesh State Intelligence Bureau (APSIB) to be an attempt at justifying...
Oct 22, 2010 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Let Delhi not go the Mumbai way: Oppose intolerance and hatred of disruptors PUDR strongly condemns the intolerance and hatred that a section of the audience, described by the media as Panum Kashmir, showed during a seminar on Kashmir held in New Delhi on October 21....
Jun 9, 2010 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR believes that the latest judgment on the Bhopal gas leak of 1984 is a complete farce and absolutely criminal in the gap between the enormity of the crime and the punishment meted out to the offenders, a direct reflection of the gap between the social location of...
Oct 8, 2009 | Armed Conflict, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi (PUDR) unequivocally condemns the gruesome killing of Inspector Francis Induwar by the Maoists in Jharkhand. PUDR has consistently maintained that neither civilians nor captives should ever be subjected to torture or to...
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...
