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
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...
38th Annual Dr. Ramanadham Memorial Lecture 2023: The Proposed Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Democratic Rights
Report_38th Annual Dr. Ramanadham Memorial Lecture (October 2023) Every year PUDR organizes Dr. Ramanadham memorial lecture on a specific theme and its impact on democratic rights. The 38th Annual Ramanadham lecture was delivered on 14 October 2023, on The Proposed...
OF LAW, JUSTICE AND PEOPLE: An Analysis of Selected Provisions in the New Criminal Codes, 2023
Of Law, Justice and People The Winter Session 2023 of the 17th Lok Sabha witnessed the passage of, arguably, the three most significant post-Constitution legislations, namely, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and...
Latest Press Statements
Stop Communal Demolition and Ostracism in Uttam Nagar
PUDR strongly condemns the MCD’s demolition of parts of a property belonging to a Muslim owner-accused on April 30, 2026, in Uttam Nagar’s JJ Colony. The owner is an accused in the killing of Tarun Bhutolia and is currently in judicial custody. Importantly, the...
Judicial ‘Death’ of the ‘Disappeared’ in Kashmir: The Case of Abdul Rashid Wani
Twenty-nine years after Abdul Rashid Wani was taken into custody by personnel of 2/8 Gorkha Riffles on 7 July 1997 at Rawalpora Srinagar, Kashmir, a judicial magistrate in Srinagar declared him “dead” and directed for a death certificate to be issued to his family by...
ओड़िशा के रायगड़ा और कालाहांडी ज़िलों में खनन का विरोध कर रहे ग्रामीणों पर हमले तत्काल बंद किए जाएँ! तलामपदर के ग्रामीणों को तुरंत रिहा किया जाए!
ओड़िशा के कालाहांडी ज़िले के कांतामल गाँव में स्थानीय पुलिस और गुंडों द्वारा की गई छापेमारी, हमलों और ग्रामीणों के घरों को तहस-नहस किए जाने की पी.यू.डी.आर कड़ी निंदा करता है। स्थानीय लोगों से मिली जानकारी के अनुसार 7 अप्रैल को लगभग रात में 2 बजे, पुलिस कुछ निजी लोगों...
Stop attacks on villagers resisting mining in Rayagada and Kalahandi Districts of Odisha! Immediately release villagers of Talaampadar!
PUDR strongly condemns the raids, attacks on villagers and destruction of their houses by the local police and goons in Kantamal village in Odisha’s Kalahandi District. As per accounts received from local people, at about 2 am on 7 April, police along with private...
Condemn Special Cell’s Impunity
PUDR strongly condemns the Delhi Police’s abduction and illegal detention of ten activists between 12th and 14th March. The ten activists belong to different organizations, Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch (BSCEM), Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
