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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OPPOSE HANGINGS: ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY!
PUDR expresses anguish at the impending hangings of Pawan, Mukesh, Akshay and Vinay who were convicted for the brutal gang rape and murder committed on 16 December 2012 in Delhi. Their crime was heinous, and PUDR condemns it in no uncertain terms. However, it needs to...
फाँसी की सज़ा का विरोध करो!
१६ दिसम्बर २०१२ को दिल्ली में हुए गैंग रेप और हत्या कांड के चार दोषियों को २० मार्च २०२० की सुबह ५-३० बजे होने वाली फाँसी की सज़ा पर पीयूडीआर चिंता व्यक्त करता है । ये विदित है की उनके द्वारा किया गया अपराध जघन्य था और उसकी जितनी निंदा की जाए उतनी कम है । लेकिन, इस...
Condemn the use of PSA in Kashmir
People’s Union for Democratic Rights strongly condemns the continuous use of the draconian J&K Public Safety Act, PSA, against the leaders and people of Kashmir. In the last six months, since the lock down, as many as eight mainstream political leaders have been...
Oppose Death Penalty
People’s Union for Democratic Rights strongly opposes the impending death penalty for gang rape and murder that the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case, Akshay, Mukesh, Pawan and Vinay are awaiting. It is widely known and well established that death penalty is not a...
Oppose the politics of banning organizations and targeting of rights organizations
People’s Union for Democratic Rights condemns the attempts being made by the Uttar Pradesh government towards securing a national level ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and also trying to contemptuously target rights-based organization Rihai Manch through...
Latest Publications
Who is the State Hunting?
This report covers incidents of Massacre by Security Forces and Salwa Judum under Operation Green Hunt, in the Bijapur and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh, based on three fact-finding reports conducted by CDRO between October 2009 and July 2012. The first report,...
Report of the Killing of Adivasis by CRPF Forces in Bijapur District, Chattisgarh
An all-India fact-finding team of rights activists belonging to the Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) visited the area in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh where 17 adivasis died as a result of firing by CRPF forces on the night of June 28, 2012....
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....
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