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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PUDR CONDEMNDS THE PASSAGE OF THE TRANSGENDER PERSONS (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS) BILL 2019
PUDR condemns the passage of The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 by the Rajya Sabha on 26 November 2019. The Lok Sabha had earlier passed the Bill in the Monsoon session on 5 August 2019 amid the chaos relating to the unannounced abrogation of...
90 Days of Lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir
5th November 2019 marks the 3-month lockdown of Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP government abrogated the special status of the state under Article 370 and 35A. The BJP government at the centre is projecting the transition into the new set up as absolute “normalcy”....
THE LONG DARK NIGHT IN KASHMIR
At the stroke of the midnight hour on 5 August 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was blanketed in a state of siege. 35,000 fresh troops in addition to the existing 6.5 lakhs were present with orders to shoot, curfew, internet and phone shut down, media black out, and all major...
Condemn the issuing of arrest warrants against Stan Swamy, Aloka Kujur, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Roshan Kiro and Babita Kashyap : Stop harassment of Rights Activists in Jharkhand
PUDR condemns the arrest warrant issued against Stan Swamy, Aloka Kujur, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Roshan Kiro and Babita Kashyap on 19 June 2019, in relation to FIR filed on 26 July 2018 for waging war against the state, sedition, conspiracy, and Sections 66 and 66A IT Act...
Release Jnyanadeep Gogoi and Repeal UAPA!
PUDR unequivocally condemns the arrest of Jnyanadeep Gogoi, a 31-year-old employee of ONGC, on false allegations of waging war and participating in unlawful and terrorist activities for his Facebook posts on ULFA (I) i.e. United Liberation Front of Assam...
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सी.आर.पी.एफ. के जवानों द्वारा छत्तीसगढ़ के बीजापुर जिले में आदवासियों की हत्याओं पर एक रिपोर्ट
कोआर्डिनेशन ऑफ़ डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स आर्गेनाईजेशन (सी डी आर ओ ) से जुड़े कार्यकर्ताओं की एक अखिल भारतीय टीम छत्तीसगढ़ से बीजापुर जिले के उस छेत्र का दौरा किया, जहां २८ जून २०१२ की रात में सी आर पी ऍफ़ के जवानो द्वारा गोली चलाने के कारण १७ आदिवासियों की मौत हो गयी थी. इस...
Travesty of Justice in the Seema Azad and the Vishwa Vijay case
The Judgment pronounced by the sessions court at Allahabad in the case of Seema Azad and Vishwa Vijay is a perfect example of how a large number of half-truths, inadmissible evidence, procedural violations and an obnoxious piece of legislation can convert a free...
The Terror of Law: UAPA And The Myth Of National Security
The Terror of Law is a CDRO (Coordination of Democratic Rights Organization) report that shows how and why the UAPA curbs the freedoms provided by Article 19 [Protection of Freedoms] for expression, assembly and association against one section of political opinion....
कड़वे बादाम: दिल्ली की बादाम इकाइयों में मजदूरों का शोषन
बादाम उद्योग के मजदूरों के हालात को केन्द्रित करते हुए यह रिपोर्ट अनोपचारिक छेत्र के रोजगार के अत्यंत शोषक और जोखिमपूर्ण चरित्र को उजागर करती है; वह छेत्र जो आज देश की कुल कार्यशक्ति का लगभग ९४ प्रतिशत हिस्सा है. To download the report, click below: कड़वे बादाम:...
Anything goes…In the name of National Security: Story of Soni Sori
This report covers in detail the story of violence perpetrated against a 35-year-old tribal woman, Soni Sori, by the Chhattisgarh police and the prison authorities of the jail where she is imprisoned. The report highlights this relatively pervasive aspect of violence...
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