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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Trapped to Death: Deaths from fire at a Garment Factory in Vishwas Nagar
On the morning of 7 December, a fire, resulting in the death of twelve workers, broke out on the second floor of Groversons Apparels Pvt. Ltd., a garment-manufacturing unit in Vishwas Nagar, East Delhi. PUDR conducted an investigation into the incident. To download...
Suicide in a lock-up? Custody Death at Adarsh Nagar PS
On 13th September 2005, on the ever busy Azadpur Mandi main road, a public protest by basti dwellers of Bharola village in the middle of the day caught the attention of the media. As trucks, buses and tempos were unable to ply on the main GT road for over two hours,...
Information relating to the execution of the death penalty in Pune Central Jail
Information relating to the execution of the death penalty in Pune Central Jail, from 1952 to 1992. To download the report click below Executions_Pune.pdf
Halting the Mining Juggernaut: People’s Struggles Against Alumina Projects in Orissa
Kashipur, Rayagada district and nearby areas in southwest Orissa have been in the news for a number of bauxite mining and alumina refinery projects being set up by the Orissa government in association with various Indian and foreign mining companies. From the very...
Sexual Assaults: A fact finding report
In 2004, PUDR investigated six cases of sexual assault that were reported in the press. In five cases, the sexual assault clearly occurred in custody of an employee either of medical institutions or by policeman. These were the sexual assault of a 19 year old girl by...
Latest Press Statements
22 अप्रैल, 2018 में गढचिरौली में हुई माओवादियों की हत्या मुठभेड़ नहीं थी।
22 और 23 अप्रैल को सी.आर.पी.एफ. और गढ़चिरोली पुलिस के विशेष दस्ते सी-60 द्वारा की गई 37 माओवादियों की हत्या की घटना सरकार के ‘‘मुठभेड़’’ के तरीकों पर कई सवाल खड़े करती है। 22 अप्रैल की सुबह 64 पुलिसकर्मी और अर्द्धसैनिकों ने पूर्वी महाराष्ट्र के भमरागढ़़ इलाके में स्थित...
Hindi Press Release on the release of the Cow Vigilantism report
पी.यू.डी.आर. अपनी रिपोर्ट ‘काओ विजिलांतिज़म : क्राइम, कम्युनिटी एंड लाइवलीहुड, जनवरी 2016 से मार्च 2018’ जारी कर रहा है। इस रिपोर्ट में जनवरी 2016 से मार्च 2018 के बीच घटित गौ रक्षा के नाम पर गुंडागर्दी की घटनाओं का विश्लेषण है। इन गौ-गुंडागर्दी या विजिलांते गतिविधियों...
Condemn the brutality in Panjab University and organized attack on institutions of higher education
Protest by students of Panjab University (PU) against unprecedented fee hike witnessed brutal lathicharge and usage of tear gas as crowd dispersal method leaving 4 students critically injured. Photojournalists covering the protests were attacked by police as well and...
PUDR deplores responses of 12 states to upheld death penalty
In August 2015 the Law Commission had recommended abolition of death penalty except in terror related cases. Recently 14 states have responded to these recommendations. Barring the exception of Karnataka and Tripura, other 12 states have rejected the recommendations....
मज़दूरों को कठोर सजा देने वाले मारूति केस के अन्यायी अदालती फैसले की पहली बरसी पर पी.यू.डी.आर. की रिपोर्ट
18 मार्च 2017 को हरियाणा में गुरुग्राम सेशंस कोर्ट ने मारूति कंपनी के 31 बर्खास्त कामगारों को सज़ा सुनाई, जिनमें से 13 मजदूरों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा सुनाई गई। इन सभी को अदालत ने हफ्ते भर पहले 10 मार्च 2017 को दोषी करार दिया था। अतिरिक्त सेशंस जज आर.पी. गोयल ने 117...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
