The civil rights movement in India has emerged as an autonomous voice in defense of civil liberties and democratic rights of our people. The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi, is one such organisation. It came into existence in 1977 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, PUCLDR, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.
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Delhi 1984: The Long Aftermath – 41 Years of Criminal Injustice, Apathy, and Struggle of Survivors
The anti-Sikh violence in Delhi that followed the assassination of the then PM Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984, resulted officially in 2733 persons murdered though unofficial figures were much higher. It lasted between 31 October and 10 November, 1984, with the...
Bhima Koregaon Poster Campaign: State’s Capacity to Create Laws for Targeting and Silencing Dissenters
16 champions of people rights have been implicated in the BK Case since 2018 They include lawyers, journalists, academics, cultural artists, a poet and a priest In 2021 Father Stan Swamy died while in jail Nine are out on bail but face stringent conditions Six...
Insecurity By Law: A Critique of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill in the Context of India’s Banning Regime
The Maharashtra Assembly has passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill (Mh SPSB) 2024, exactly a year after its initial tabling. Projected as a measure to curb the spread of Naxalism in urban areas, the Bill grants sweeping powers to the government to ban...
Factory Fires and Workers: A Capital Story
This report by PUDR, Factory Fires and Workers: A Capital Story, examines the underlying causes of repeated factory fires in Delhi, and seeks to arrive at an understanding about why they are so recurrent. Factory fires are chronic occurrences in Delhi. Particular...
In the wake of Nuh: A report on state repression
On July 22, 2024, the fourth annual Brajmandal Abhishek Yatra passed peacefully through the Nuh district in Haryana. Last year, the same yatra was characterised by violence, followed by state repression that casts a shadow till today. In the wake of Nuh: A report on...
Latest Press Statements
Oppose raids and attacks on Kashmir Times
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the recent raids and attack on Kashmir Times, one of the oldest news organizations of Jammu and Kashmir. Reportedly, the eleven hours raid conducted by the Special Investigation Agency (SIA) in the Jammu head office...
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: दिल्ली 1984: द लॉंग आफ़्टरमाथ : आपराधिक नाइंसाफ़ी, उदासीनता और जीवित बचे लोगों के संघर्ष के 41 वर्ष
पीयूडीआर और पीयूसीएल द्वारा 17 नवंबर 1984 को जारी की गई रिपोर्ट "दोषी कौन?" के 41 वर्ष पूरे होने के अवसर पर, जारी रिपोर्ट, दिल्ली 1984: द लॉंग आफ़्टरमाथ : आपराधिक नाइंसाफ़ी, उदासीनता और जीवित बचे लोगों के संघर्ष के 41 वर्ष (Criminal Injustice, Apathy And Struggles of...
Press Release on release of PUDR Report – DELHI 1984: THE LONG AFTERMATH, 41 YEARS OF CRIMINAL INJUSTICE, APATHY AND STRUGGLES OF SURVIVORS
Marking forty-one years of PUDR and PUCL’s Who are the Guilty? (released on 17 November 1984), PUDR’s report, Delhi 1984: The Long Aftermath, 41 years of Criminal Injustice, Apathy and Struggles of Survivors (November 2025), offers a detailed account of three...
In Solidarity Against Police Repression on Democratic Movements in Ladakh
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) strongly condemns the large scale atrocities by the police on democratic movements in Ladakh. On 24 September 2025, four individuals lost their lives in a shooting incident in Ladakh, with over 50 others sustaining injuries....
लद्दाख में जनवादी आंदोलनों पर पुलिस दमन के ख़िलाफ़ न्याय की अपील
पीपुल्स यूनियन फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स (पीयूडीआर) लद्दाख की जनता के न्यायोचित आंदोलनों पर हुई पुलिस बर्बरता की घोर निंदा करता है। दिनांक 24 सितम्बर 2025 को लद्दाख में पुलिस कारवाई में चार प्रदर्शनकारियों की मृत्यु और 50 से अधिक लोग घायल हुए। इसके अलावा, 70 से अधिक...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
