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
Restless Frontier: Army, Assam and its People
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Murder in Custody: The Story of Two Women
An interesting case of murder in a lock-up and bizarre cover-up operation by Delhi police, this report published in April 1991 is about the death of two women, 24-year-old Shamsheeda and her mother-in-law Rishna. While Shameeda was murdered by her in-laws, Rishna died...
Disputed Passages: A Report on Law, Reservation and Agitations
More than forty years after this prophetic debate we seem to have reached square one as the Supreme Court, for the umpteenth time is seized of the matter, while many legal luminaries of the country partake of their paradise. Meanwhile, many attempts were made to grant...
Appu Ghar
Appu Ghar whose name and mascot originates from Asiad '82 which bequeathed to our city magnificent stadia and fly overs. No one knows what happened to all those 2.5 lakh workers who built them. Nor do any of the thousand that flock Appu Ghar know the sordid tale that...
Custodial Rape: The Baljeet Nagar Story
On 9th May a young 25 year old migrant woman living in Kutcha Jhuggi in Baljeet Nagar was raped by police constable attached to the Patel Nagar Police Station. According to press reports, this was followed by a second attempt but attempt was foiled and the constable...
Latest Press Statements
CDRO Statement Against Torture and Threat to Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Presidency Correctional Home
The Coordination of Democratic Rights Organizations, CDRO, strongly condemns the punitive measures adopted by the jail administration of Kolkata’s Presidency Correctional Home against 30 political prisoners who have been on hunger strike since 28th August 2015. The...
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: जॉइंट रिपोर्ट: धागों में उलझी जिंदगियों – उद्योग विहार, गुड़गांव, कपड़ा उद्योग
उद्योग विहार की कपड़ा फक्ट्रियों में हादसों की सूची बढ़ती जा रही है | 20 जून 2015 को ओरियेंट क्राफ्ट नामक फैक्ट्री के 'फिनिशिंग' विभाग में काम करने वाले एक मज़दूर पवन कुमार को लिफ्ट का प्रयोग करते समय बिजली के झटके लगे थे और वह घायल हो गया था | खबर सुनते ही कई मज़दूर...
Justice Kait Tribunal on SIMI: A critical update
On July 30, 2014 Justice Kait headed SIMI Tribunal upheld the ban after examining 21 cases, 18 of which were “fresh cases” and examining 30 state officials in “support of the ban” and concluded that: “the evidence brought on record clearly and unambiguously...
Why Yakub Memon Should Not be Hanged
After the Supreme Court rejected Yakub Memon’s curative petition on 21st July 2015, Memon has filed a mercy petition before the Governor and also a validity plea before the apex court. Many believe that he is cleverly using the system to buy time. Against those who...
रिपोर्ट प्रकाशन – गौमांस पर प्रतिबंध और मौलिक अधिकारों का हनन – कुछ आयाम
भारतीय जनता पार्टी सरकार ने अपने 2014 के चुनाव पत्र में गौमांस पर प्रतिबंध और गौसंरक्षण को एक बड़ा मुद्दा बनाया था। इसी को अमल में लाते हुए, मार्च 2015 से महाराष्ट्र व हरियाणा में गौहत्या प्रतिबंधी कानूनों को पारित करने और उनमें संशोधन लाने का सिलसिला शुरू हुआ। तब से...
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Sujato Bhadra, Vice President,CRPP, Ramanadham memorial Meeting, PUDR, 13 September 2015.
Five years behind bars for five activists
