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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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Latest Press Statements

Why was Greenpeace activist prevented from travelling to London?

Jan 14, 2015 | Adivasis, Others

PUDR condemns the Union Government for preventing Ms. Priya Pillai of Greenpeace (India) from travelling to London. Greenpeace came under scrutiny because of its support to Mahan Sangharsh Samiti, a grassroots organisation challenging coal mining license for Mahan...

Condemning Undemocratic Extension of AFSPA

Jan 7, 2015 | Armed Conflict, Undemocratic Laws

PUDR strongly condemns the extension of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in Assam, on January 2, 2015 under Section 3 of the Act by the Government of India. Coming in the wake of the recent massacre of adivasis by the National Democratic Front of...

Can Compensation replace Justice?

Dec 30, 2014 | Armed Conflict, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights

On 18th December 2014, the Supreme Court directed the Central Government to pay Rs. 10 lakh as compensation to the family of Thangjam Chanu Manorama Devi. PUDR recognizes that this is a small step but cannot be a substitute for actual justice. Reacting to the SC...

One sparrow does not herald a spring.

Nov 24, 2014 | Armed Conflict, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights

A rare instance of army convicting its own personnel for war crimes does not mean end of legal immunity enjoyed by the armed forces in what officialdom calls the “disturbed area”. That the government denies presence of armed conflict is of course in marked contrast to...

When T-Shirts become Seditious

Nov 11, 2014 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights

he course of democracy in India is witnessing a major turn towardsconstricting the freedom of expression. Peoples Union for Democratic Rights has time and again critiqued the use of draconian laws, of which sedition is a putrid kind, to stifle political dissent...