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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Remove Section on Sedition from Statute Books!
The slapping of sedition charges against writer and academic Hiren Gohain, Akhil Gogoi leader of Kisan Mukti Sangram Samiti, and senior journalist Manajit Mahanta on 7/ 1/19, and the process of filing charge-sheet in the 2016 sedition case against JNU students...
When criminal negligence passes for ‘Industrial Accident’
PUDR expresses grave shock at the tragic death of five workers in the accident at the Ambuja-Holcim cement plant in district Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh, on 31 January, 2013. The workers who lost their lives are Roshan Verma and Poshan Verma (apprentices from village...
4 RELIANCE WORKERS, FIRST TO BE FALSELY IMPLICATED UNDER UAPA FOR BHIMA KOREGAON VIOLENCE, RELEASED ON BAIL
UDR welcomes the release on bail of four workers of Reliance Energy/ Infrastructure Ltd. (REIL) and trade union activists implicated under numerous sections of the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for alleged Maoist links. The workers were released...
Manufacturing Despair: Labour violations in a Chinese phone manufacturing unit- Hipad Technology India
PUDR conducted a fact-finding to probe into the incident of mass termination in a mobile phone manufacturing unit in Noida, Uttar Pradesh where around 180 workers were thrown out of job without any prior notice on 29th November 2018. The abysmal and appalling nature...
The question of justice: convictions in 1984 riots
On November 20, 2018, a Delhi Sessions Court awarded death penalty to Yashpal Singh and life imprisonment to Naresh Kumar for their role in murder and arson in Mahipalpur on November 1, 1984 which caused the death of two persons and injuries to three others. A week...
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A Story of ‘Suicide’ and Survival: Death in the Custody of Vijay Vihar Police Station
The newspapers on the 3rd of November 2010 reported a death on the premises of Vijay Vihar P.S. of a 25-year-old youth named Vikas. These reports suggested that Vikas had an affair with a woman married to another man. On that specific day, Vikas called up police...
ऊँची दीवारों के पीछे: तिहाड़ जेल रहने के हालात पर एक रिपोर्ट
यह रिपोर्ट तिहाड़ में रहने वाले कैदियों की जिंदगी पर एक छोटी सी रिपोर्ट है। उनके रहन सहन, जेल के जीवन, कठिनाइयों – जिनकी ज़िदगी से आम इंसान नावाकिफ है । पी. यू. डी. आर. ने जेल की जिन्दगी की पड़ताल एवं समझ के लिए अधिकारियों को कई बार दरख्वास्थ भेजी, जिसे हर बार ठुकरा...
Loot of the Land, Livelihood and Life: A Joint Fact-Finding into Incidents of Crime Against People in Odisha
A fact-finding committee of ten members from six rights organisations - People’s Union for Civil Liberties (Odisha), Organisation for Protection of Democratic Rights (Andhra Pradesh), Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (West Bengal), Human Rights Forum...
Beyond the Prison Gates: A Report on Living Conditions in Tihar Jail
This is a small report on prison life in Tihar, to bring home facts about a world and its people completely invisible to the outside world. PUDR’s repeated request to jail authorities seeking permission to undertake formal visits to the jail was rejected and thus the...
मारूति – सफलता कि असलियत – मजदूरों का शोषण
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