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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A Long Battle for Justice
Workers of Bellsonica Auto Component India Private Limited at the Industrial Model Township (IMT) Manesar in the National Capital Region of India have been sitting on relay hunger strike outside their factory since 4 May 2023, protesting against the spate of recent...
Probing the Jahangirpuri Communal Incident, Delhi, 2022
Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi came into the headlines when an outbreak of communal violence took place in the course of a confrontation between some Hindus and Muslims during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on 16 April 2022. Two FIRs (nos. 440 and 441 of 2022,...
37th Annual Ramanadham Memoria Lecture 2022: Digitization, Science and Criminal Investigation: Concerns for Democratic Rights
Every year PUDR organizes a Dr Ramanadham memorial lecture on a topic of contemporary interest. Last year it was Urban Planning and Democratic Rights. The year before that it was on Judiciary and Democratic Rights. In 2008 the topic of the 22nd Ramanadham memorial...
Poster Campaign: Repeal UAPA! Release the Bhima Koregaon undertrials!
As part of its campaign for the release of activists incarcerated in the Bhima Koregaon case, PUDR has created posters in English and Hindi which portray the draconian features of UAPA along with portraits of the activists. Posters in English Posters in Hindi
पोस्टर अभियान। यूएपीए रद्द करो। भीमा कोरेगांव के विचाराधीन कैदियों को रिहा करो!
Poster campaign. Cancel UAPA. Release the undertrial prisoners of Bhima Koregaon!
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“Bhima Koregaon” prosecution: The punishment continues
Five years and five months after their arrest in the “Bhima Koregaon” case on 7 September 2020, Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor were granted bail by the Bombay High Court on 23 January 2026 and released. The detailed order that was uploaded by the court recently...
Acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 case compromises the essence of justice
On 22 January 2026, a Delhi court acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case arising from the anti-Sikh violence in Janakpuri, Delhi, during November 1984. The Special Judge held that there was a lack of credible evidence establishing Kumar’s presence or...
Release APCLC activists, protect right to political critique
PUDR condemns the arrest of Kranthi Chaitanya, Vice-President of the Civil Liberties Committee (Andhra Pradesh unit), and fellow activist Mohan Krishna on 9 January 2026, and their subsequent remand to judicial custody on 10 January. The FIR, based on a complaint...
विरोध से उत्पीड़न तक: दिल्ली दंगा केस में सुप्रीम कोर्ट का अहम फैसला
5 जनवरी 2026 को, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने य़ूएपीए के तहत एफ.आई.आर. 59/2020 के तथाकथित 'दिल्ली दंगों की साज़िश मामले' में अपना पहला महत्वपूर्ण आदेश दिया, जिसमें पांच लोगों (गुलफिशा फातिमा, शिफा उर रहमान, मीरान हैदर, मोहम्मद सलीम खान और शादाब अहमद) को ज़मानत दी गई और दो लोगों...
From Protest to Persecution: The Supreme Court’s defining Moment in Delhi Riot Case
On 5 January 2026, the Supreme Court delivered its first substantive order in the so-called ‘Delhi riots conspiracy case’ of FIR 59/2020 under UAPA, to grant bail to five (Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa ur Rehman, Meeran Haider, Md Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmad) and reject the...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
