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 Ray of Hope for Struggle Against Long Incarceration
PUDR hails the release of A. G. Perarivalan by the Supreme Court on May 18, 2022. A life-imprisonment convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case (1991), Perarivalan’s over thirty- year struggle for justice raises several issues, ranging from the unfairness of long...
When the Process becomes the Punishment
Tomorrow, 14th April 2022 marks the completion of two years of PUDR activist Gautam Navlakha’s surrender before the NIA. One of sixteen accused in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case, Gautam has been imprisoned in Taloja Central Jail, Navi Mumbai since 25 May 2020. For...
Punish Guilty Personnel Protected under AFSPA
People’s Union for Democratic Rights, PUDR, welcomes the Union Government’s decision (March 31, 2022), to significantly reduce the ambit of disturbed areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). According to news reports, this decision will be effective in...
Fahad Shah and the Tragic Fate of Journalism in Kashmir
The recent arrest of Fahad Shah, editor of Kashmir Walla, under S 13 of UAPA and S 124 A and 505 of IPC for ‘uploading anti-national content’ raises a debate about the fate of journalism in times of conflict. Shah was arrested as he had uploaded Inayat Ahmad Mir’s...
REVOKE UAPA AND OTHER CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST FACT-FINDING TEAM MEMBERS
The invocation of UAPA charges against members of a fact-finding team shortly after they released its findings on the communal violence in Tripura, is shocking and condemnable. Besides S. 13 of UAPA (punishment for ‘unlawful activity’), a slew of IPC offences has also...
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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...
गाय गाथा – करनाल में हरियाणा गौ वंश संरक्षण एवं गौ संवर्धन अधिनियम और इसके परिणाम
जब से भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सरकार केंद्र में सत्ता में आई है तब से गौवंश के लिए सतर्कता की बढ़ती घटनाएं और गौ वध आरै गौ मांस (बीफ) बंदी से संबंधित कानूनों से छेड़छाड़ की खबरें लगातार सुर्खियां में हैं। गौ रक्षा के प्रत्यक्ष रूप से सांप्रदायिक व जातीय एजेंडा से होने वाली...
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