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.
Remembering Stan Swamy (26 April 1937 – 5 July 2021)
The state persecuted Stan Swamy under the UAPA, a punishment that precipitated his death as an undertrial in judicial custody. Stan Swamy was framed, fettered, and finally forced towards a fatal illness under due process of law called the UAPA. The charges levelled reveal the state’s deep prejudice against an upright activist who spent decades in building and empowering Adivasi rights against historic neglect and exploitation. Stan Swamy’s persecution under the UAPA offers an understanding of how many others have been similarly punished by the state for their dissenting politics.
Prior to his incarceration, Stan Swamy’s failing health was well-known, but he was not granted even medical bail let alone regular bail. The NIA and the prison authorities refused to acknowledge the deterioration that he suffered in prison, and they failed to uphold his rights as a prisoner, a right to decent health care and facilities.
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5 January Attack on JNU: An Orchestrated Conspiracy
PUDR strongly condemns the violence unleashed by right-wing hoodlums inside Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on the evening of 5 January 2019. A group of around 100 masked goons carrying rods, hammers, canes/lathis among other weapons barged into the closed campus...
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...
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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...
Report on All India Convention Against Sedition and Other Repressive Laws
This is the detailed report of the All India Convention against Sedition and other Repressive Laws held on 31st January 2012 at Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi. It also contains resolutions adopted during the convention. To download the report, click below: Report...
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...
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