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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Say Yes to Justice: Say No to Hanging of Surender Koli
On 27th January 2015, the Allahabad High Court will decide whether Surender Koli will live or die as it will hear a petition asking for commutation of his death penalty on grounds of delay. Koli, the Dalit manservant of Moninder Pandher, was charged with heinous...
The Jihad is not Against Love Only!
‘Love Jihad’ is a name given to a kind of movement whereby women from non-Muslim communities are allegedly ‘lured’ into marrying Muslim men as a way of furthering conversion to Islam. The issue of ‘Love Jihaad’ dates back to 2009 when in Kerala a case was reported....
Decision to hang Surender Koli: Yet Another Error of Judgement?
The Nithari case made headlines in 2006 when fifteen skeletons were unearthed from a house in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, following the investigation into the disappearance case in which a number of children and a woman went missing. House owner Moninder Singh Pandher and...
Yes to Justice, No to Death: Position Paper on Death Penalty
PUDR’s opposition to the penalty of death is three decades old. Like everything else our opposition to capital punishment is evolving and is a ‘work in progress’. Starting with serious objections to the arbitrariness inbuilt in awarding the Death Penalty, the fact...
Sexual Assault on Four Girls in Haryana in the Context of Dalit Rights to Common Lands
A joint team comprising the Association for Democratic Rights (AFDR) from Punjab, the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) and Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) from Delhi visited Bhagana village of Hisar district on May 13, 2014. The...
Latest Press Statements
CONDEMN CONTINUED REPRESSION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATIONS!
In a move paralleling the Bhima Koregaon case, the NIA has, over two days, March 31 and April 1, conducted raids in 31 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and seized a variety of materials, allegedly relating to furthering activities of proscribed...
Defer Surrender of Prisoners
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) expresses concern at the directions of the Supreme Court on 1 March and the last resolution passed by the High Powered Committee (HPC) in Delhi on 17 February whereby it has been decided that all prisoners who were released...
Prosecute those guilty of Custodial Torture of Dalit labour activist
PUDR strongly condemns the custodial torture of young dalit labour activist Shiv Kumar working in the Kundli Industrial Area by Haryana police. Shiv Kumar was arrested under 3 FIRs (no. 649 of 28/12/20 and nos. 25 and 26 of 12/1/21, Kundli PS) against workers who were...
Demand Immediate and Unconditional Release of Disha Ravi
PUDR strongly condemns the arrest of Bengaluru based Disha Ravi, a twenty-two-year-old environmental and climate change activist on 13th February in the ‘toolkit’ conspiracy case for which she has been charged with sedition, criminal conspiracy and for promoting...
Condemn Delhi Police’s Repressive Strategies
In a blatantly repressive move aimed at foiling public protest at Shaheedi Park at noon today in support of the countrywide chakka jam called by the Kisan Unions, the Delhi police has prevented the movements of left union leaders and taken some into preventive custody...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
