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.
Latest Publications
CDRO Campaign for Release of Political Prisoners: Profiles of 6 Political Prisoners convicted under UAPA in Gadchiroli
A brief background of six political prisoners convicted under the UAPA is provided in the attached file. Download the report cdro_pol_pris_gadchiroli_091117.pdf
Oppose NDA’s Anti-worker Amendments to Labour Laws!
The incessant violation of the workers’ rights in the name of labour reforms under the current political establishment has hit another low. The NDA government has already been making amendments in labour laws in order to push its programmes like ‘Make-in-India’,...
एनडीए सरकार द्वारा श्रम क़ानूनों में मज़दूर-विरोधी संशोधन के खिलाफ एक हों!
एनडीए सरकार द्वारा ‘मेक इन इण्डिया’, ‘स्किल इंडिया’, ‘डिजिटल इण्डिया’ और ‘व्यापार की सहूलियत’ जैसे कार्यक्रमों का डंका बजाते हुए श्रम कानूनों में संशोधन किये जा रहे हैं | श्रम मंत्रालय द्वारा 43 श्रम कानूनों को 4 बड़े कानूनों में समेकित किया जा रहा है | इसी कड़ी में 10...
दमन, दंडमुक्ति और जाति: सहारनपुर में दलितों पर राजपूतों के हमले की एक घटना पर एक रिपोर्ट
5 मई 2017 को शब्बीरपुर गाँव, जिला सहारनपुर उत्तर प्रदेश, में राजपूतों द्वारा दलितों पर हमले की एक घटना हुई। इस हिंसा के दौरान एक राजपूत युवक की मृत्यु हो गई थी, 13 दलित लोग गंभीर रूप से घायल हुए थे, 40 दलित घरों को जला दिया गया था व दलितों की कुछ दुकानों को लूटा और...
गाय गाथा – करनाल में हरियाणा गौ वंश संरक्षण एवं गौ संवर्धन अधिनियम और इसके परिणाम
जब से भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सरकार केंद्र में सत्ता में आई है तब से गौवंश के लिए सतर्कता की बढ़ती घटनाएं और गौ वध आरै गौ मांस (बीफ) बंदी से संबंधित कानूनों से छेड़छाड़ की खबरें लगातार सुर्खियां में हैं। गौ रक्षा के प्रत्यक्ष रूप से सांप्रदायिक व जातीय एजेंडा से होने वाली...
Latest Press Statements
Release of Report entitled, Fettering People’s Rights: A Critique of Selected Offences and Punishments in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
On 20th and 21st December 2023, the Parliament enacted three new laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam. These Codes replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860, the Code of Criminal...
PUDR welcomes the Bombay High Court order granting regular bail to Gautam Navlakha
PUDR welcomes the Bombay High Court order granting regular bail to Gautam Navlakha, a well-known civil rights activist, author, and journalist, on December 19, 2023. The two-member bench comprising Justices AS Gadkari and Shivkumar Dige ruled that based on a perusal...
Life Imprisonment till Death: A regime of retributive punishments under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
PUDR welcomes the revision in the definition of ‘Life Imprisonment’ in Clause 4 (b) in Chapter II (“Of Punishments”) in the revised draft of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS II). Contrary to the earlier draft (BNS I) in which “Imprisonment for life” in Chapter II was...
Same offence, Two Laws: The questionable reproduction of the UAPA in Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita
PUDR notes with concern the redrafted section on Terrorist Activities in the revised Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023. While in the earlier draft of the BNS, the offence of a Terrorist Act largely mirrored the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the...
Review Death Penalty Punishments in Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) raises concern over the increased number of offences punishable by death in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS, 2023). Tabled in the Parliament in August, the BNS is slated to replace the existing Indian Penal Code (IPC, 1860)...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
