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
A Cover-up that Failed: Death and Protest at Najafgarh Police Station
On 3rd March 1993, many national dailies reported the death of 35-year-old Satyavan, a resident of village Jharoda Kalan, Najafgarh, in police custody. PUDR sent a fact-finding team that met family members, the villagers, the new SHO Najafgarh police station, the SDM...
A “Criminal” Investigation: Death in Custody of Gurgaon P.S.
Ashok, 22 years old, belonging to the notorious Bawaria Tribe was picked up from his home by the Jahangirpuri police station on 9 February along with six other relatives, including his mother and sister Vimla. They were subjected to severe torture. Ashok and others...
ये फसल उमीदों की हमदम: मध्य भार में जनसंहार और किसान संघर्ष
स्वर्ण लिबरेशन फ्रंट के सदयों द्वारा २१ सितम्बर १९९१ को सात भूमिहीन मज़दूरों को सावनबीघा (जहानाबाद ) पकड़कर लाया गया और मार डाला गया। दो दिन बाद एक अन्य घटना में किसान संघ के सदस्यों ने सात गरीब दलितों को करकतबीघा (पटना ) में गोलियों से भून डाला। १ अक्टूबर को लगभग...
Cry the Beloved Country: Ayodhya, 6 December 1992
The Babri Masjid was demolished by kar sewaks on Sunday, 6 December. With it was shaken an image and an imagination that bound all of us together all these years. Memories of other times, of partition, revisited us and got mixed somewhat hazily with our future. The...
1984 Carnage in Delhi: A Report on the Aftermath
On 17 November, PUDR and PUCL released their report "Who are the Guilty". The report covered the role of the state, congress (I) leaders and police personnel during the 1984 carnage in New Delhi. Among other things, the report carried in an annexure the names of the...
Latest Press Statements
The police must be held answerable for the Sangam Park riot of 31st January
PUDR strongly condemns the police’s role in the outbreak of riots between members of the Valmiki and Muslim communities, in the Sangam Park area in North West Delhi, on 31st January, 2016. PUDR’s investigation into the incidents of 30th and 31st January, and...
Admission opens a can of worms
On 23rd July 2009, the Manipur police claimed to have had an encounter with a ‘PLA cadre’ Sanjit, as a result of which Sanjit died. While this version was widely contested by the local people who claimed that Sanjit was murdered in a cold-blooded manner, a set of...
CDRO Condemns the new wave of State terror being unleashed on the people of Chhattisgarh
Reports from Nendra and Pedda Jojer in Bijapur, and Kunna in Sukma reveal a new and brutal wave of systematic violence being carried out by security forces in South Chhattisgarh. On the one hand Chhattisgarh police proudly announces the launch of new operations and...
Condemn casteist actions of Hyderabad University authorities
PUDR strongly condemns the authorities of the Central University of Hyderabad for their caste based victimisation of Dalit students, which, on 17th January, 2016, resulted in Rohith Vemula , a Dalit Research Scholar in Science Technology and Society Studies in the...
Supreme Court’s ruling on Haryana Panchayati Raj case: a case of “contempt of people”
PUDR expresses deep concern over the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015. On Human Rights Day, 10th December 2015, the apex court upheld five disqualifications laid down in the Act to particularly exclude those who are...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
