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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Prosecute police personnel responsible for the custodial torture and death of Mohd. Khadeer in Medak, Telangana
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) raises grave concerns over the death of Mohd. Khadeer, a 35-year-old man in Medak district, Telangana, on 16 February 2023. He was allegedly tortured by Telangana State police at the Town Police Station, Medak and...
CONDEMN TORTURE, DEMAND ACTION
People’s Union for Democratic Rights welcomes the findings of the report submitted by the District and Sessions Judge, Faridabad into the illegal detention and brutal torture of labour rights activist, Shiv Kumar in January 2021 by the Haryana Police. Part of the...
Demand Commutation for Mohammad Arif
On November 3, 2022, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court reconfirmed its earlier decision of upholding Mohammad Arif’s death penalty. Accused in the Red Fort attack case of December 2000, Arif has, till now, spent nearly 22 years behind bars. The first seven...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Condemn the Death of Altaf Ahmad Shah
Jailed under-trial leader Altaf Ahmad Shah (66) is dead. His death does not come as a surprise. By the time Mr Shah was diagnosed with advanced renal cancer on 30th September at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RMLA) and shifted to AIIMS on 5th evening, it was already too...
Follow Delhi High Court orders: Shift Altaf Ahmad Shah to AIIMs Delhi immediately.
Altaf Ahmad Shah, a political undertrial prisoner lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since 2017, is currently battling for his life in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), Delhi. His cancer diagnosis, its metastasis and other organ related deterioration was done on September...
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Accidents, Death, Repression and Unionisation in SPM Autocomp Systems Pvt. Ltd., Manesar: A Report
Industrial Model Township (IMT) in Manesar, Haryana is known, not only as an industrial belt in the National Capital Region (NCR) but also as the home to the Maruti plant and the struggle by its workers. It is well known that 13 active union members of Maruti's...
CDRO Campaign for Release of Political Prisoners: Profiles of 6 Political Prisoners convicted under UAPA in Gadchiroli
A brief background of six political prisoners convicted under the UAPA is provided in the attached file. Download the report cdro_pol_pris_gadchiroli_091117.pdf
Oppose NDA’s Anti-worker Amendments to Labour Laws!
The incessant violation of the workers’ rights in the name of labour reforms under the current political establishment has hit another low. The NDA government has already been making amendments in labour laws in order to push its programmes like ‘Make-in-India’,...
एनडीए सरकार द्वारा श्रम क़ानूनों में मज़दूर-विरोधी संशोधन के खिलाफ एक हों!
एनडीए सरकार द्वारा ‘मेक इन इण्डिया’, ‘स्किल इंडिया’, ‘डिजिटल इण्डिया’ और ‘व्यापार की सहूलियत’ जैसे कार्यक्रमों का डंका बजाते हुए श्रम कानूनों में संशोधन किये जा रहे हैं | श्रम मंत्रालय द्वारा 43 श्रम कानूनों को 4 बड़े कानूनों में समेकित किया जा रहा है | इसी कड़ी में 10...
दमन, दंडमुक्ति और जाति: सहारनपुर में दलितों पर राजपूतों के हमले की एक घटना पर एक रिपोर्ट
5 मई 2017 को शब्बीरपुर गाँव, जिला सहारनपुर उत्तर प्रदेश, में राजपूतों द्वारा दलितों पर हमले की एक घटना हुई। इस हिंसा के दौरान एक राजपूत युवक की मृत्यु हो गई थी, 13 दलित लोग गंभीर रूप से घायल हुए थे, 40 दलित घरों को जला दिया गया था व दलितों की कुछ दुकानों को लूटा और...
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