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
Close Encounter: a report on police shoot-outs in Delhi
In most of shoot outs carried by Delhi Police there are certain features that remain common. The most common is lack of any eye witness. Whenever an unnatural death takes place the police are supposed to file a case and investigate the incident because it is a...
चमड़ा वस्त्र और कारीगरों की ज़िन्दगी: दिल्ली की कहानी
भारत में चमड़ा क्षेत्र 4 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के वार्षिक उत्पादन मूल्य और 2 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के वार्षिक निर्यात मूल्य के साथ देश के शीर्ष आठ निर्यात अर्जक क्षेत्रों में से एक है। काउंसिल फॉर लेदर एक्सपोर्ट्स, जो भारतीय चमड़ा निर्यातकों और अंतरराष्ट्रीय खरीदारों के...
India Shining: A Report on the demolition and resettlement of the Yamuna Pushta Bastis
Lakhs of people living in the Bastis of Yamuna Pushta were forcibly evacuated from the area and their homes demolished early in 2004. PUDR conducted a detailed investigation into the demolition, and the government claims of resettlement. To download the report click...
Another ‘Suicide’: A Death in custody of Subzi Mandi Police Station
On 5th July 2004 as per the Delhi police, a homeless migrant Pramod allegedly hung himself to death in a lock-up at Sabzi Mandi PS. PUDR conducted a fact-finding into the incident. To download the report click below Another-suicide-cd_sabji mandi.pdf
Why Must Dhananjay Chatterjee Die?
At 4.30 am on 14th August, Dhananjay Chatterjee will be hanged till he dies. Dhananjay has been living in the shadow of death for the last 13 years. Is it fair to hang a man who has already lived in prison for 13 years for a crime committed 14 years ago? To download...
Latest Press Statements
Release Anti-Displacement Activist Damodar Turi
PUDR condemns the arrest of anti-displacement activist and founder member of “Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vikas Andolan” (VVJVA) Damodar Turi, on February 15, 2018 at Ranchi, an hour after the “Loktantra Bachao Manch” (Save Democracy Forum) organized meeting had ended. He...
Why flag the issue? Communal politics and protests in Kathua
The joint rally by the Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) and BJP in Kathua on 14th February 2018 demanding the release of SPO Deepak Khajuria, arrested in connection of the abduction, rape and murder of eight-year-old Asifa Bano in January 2018, has brought to the fore the...
PUDR CONDEMNS INSTITUTIONAL MURDER AND GANGRAPE OF A MINOR DALIT GIRL BY SECURITY FORCES IN KUNDULI, ODISHA: DEMANDS PROPER INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION
PUDR grieves and rages at the suicide of the young girl from Kunduli, Koraput district on 22 January 2018, who succumbed to the failure of the State to guarantee justice and to secure the freedom of its citizens. On 10 October 2017, she was stabbed and gangraped by 4...
Release Abu Bilal Kawa Immediately
PUDR demands the immediate release of Abu Bilal Kawa who was arrested on January 10, 2018 by a joint team of the Special Cell and Gujarat ATS from outside Delhi’s International Airport. The Deputy Commissioner Special Cell said that the suspect was arrested after it...
Revoke the ban on Mazdoor Sanghatan Samiti
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights condemns the ban imposed against a trade union Mazdoor Sanghatan Samiti (MSS), by the Jharkhand state government on the basis of charges of Maoist association. The Principal Home Secretary, SKG Rahate in a press conference claimed...
Latest updates
Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
