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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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...
Bauxite Mining at any cost: Targeted persecution by the Odisha Government
PUDR expresses shock and concern at the manner in which the Office of the Superintendent of Police, Kalahandi in Odisha is issuing threats and intimidation of encounter deaths to public spirited individuals and professionals in the Niyamgiri region in the course of...
Supreme Injustices
Today on the 8th of May, 2019, on a second day in succession, people protesting at Connaught Place, against the “clean chit” given to Justice Gogoi by an in-house inquiry that violated established procedures and principles and demanding an independent inquiry, were...
गढ़चिरौली की विस्फोट की घटना पर राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग (एन.एच.आर.सी.) का अनुचित बयान
1 मई, 2019 को गढ़चिरौली के कुरखेड़ा तहसील में माओवादियों द्वारा किये गए एक विस्फोट में सी-60 पुलिस बल के 15 जवान और एक गाड़ी चालक की घटना स्थल पर मृत्यु हो गई थी। इसी हिंसक घटना का खंडन करते हुए राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग द्वारा एक बयान जारी किया गया। हिंसा की वारदात एक...
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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...
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...
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