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 Killing of Legislator and Four Others in Dantewada: Demand violence free elections
People’s Union of Democratic Rights (PUDR) strongly condemns the Maoist attack in Dantewada in which BJP legislator Bhima Mandavi, three security personnel travelling with him and the driver of the vehicle have been killed. Carried out yesterday, two days before polls...
Lawful Government, Unlawful Acts: Revoke the Ban on JKLF!
The attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama in mid-February and the escalating tensions between India & Pakistan following Balakot air strikes, have provided ample occasion for the Indian state to use draconian laws to further suppress the democratic aspirations and...
‘कंटिन्युइंग इंप्यूनिटी: डेथ्स इन पुलिस कस्टडी, दिल्ली 2016-2018’– दिल्ली में हुई 2016 से 2018 के बीच पुलिस हिरासत में मौतों पर एक जांच रिपोर्ट के प्रकाशन पर
पीपल्स यूनियन फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स (पी.यू.डी.आर) 1980 के दशक से ही दिल्ली की पुलिस हिरासत में होने वाली मौतों पर तथ्यान्वेषण को रिपोर्ट के जरिये से सामने लाता रहा है | इन पड़तालों में पी.यू.डी.आर ने अक्सर यह पाया कि पुलिस हिरासत में दी जाने वाली यातानाएँ गैर-इरादतन...
Publication and release of PUDR’s report ‘Continuing Impunity: Deaths in Police Custody, Delhi 2016-2018’
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has been investigating incidents of deaths in police custody and publishing reports on these from the 1980s. These investigations revealed that these deaths were most commonly the unintentional consequences of custodial...
The Illegal Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami
PUDR draws attention to the illegality behind the decision of the Central Government-ruled Jammu and Kashmir to ban Jamaat-e-Islami of Jammu and Kashmir on February 28, 2019. While attention has been focussed on the escalation and de-escalation of tension between...
Latest Publications
मारूति – सफलता कि असलियत – मजदूरों का शोषण
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बेमानी जिंदगियाँ: एक ओद्योगिक दुर्घटना और उसके बाद के घटनाक्रम
२६ जनवरी २०११ को दक्षिण दिल्ली के तुगलकाबाद क्षेत्र में स्थित एक फेक्टरी में आग लगने से १३ मजदूरों की मौत हो गयी और ५-६ मजदूर गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गए. लभग ७ महीनों तक बाद भी मजदूरों के परिवारों को मुआवजा दिए जाने या इन मजदूरों की मौत के लिए जिम्मेवार लोगों के खिलाफ...
Shocking Callousness and Neglect: A Report on Industrial Accident and its Aftermath
Thirteen workers were burnt to death in a factory in south Delhi’s Tuglaqabad area on 25 January 2011. However, six months after the event, as this report goes to press, little has been done to compensate workers, let alone arrest those responsible for these deaths....
जिंदगियों की कीमत
छत्तीसगढ़ में अबूझमाड़ के घने जंगलों के भीतर ११ फरवरी २०११ को बहुत गहरे राजनीतिक और ऐतिहासिक घटना घटी. इस दिन सीपीआई (माओवादी) ने मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं और मीडिया के चुनिंदा सदस्यों के सामने छत्तीसगढ़ पुलिस के पांच जवानों को रिहा किया. सीपीआई (माओवादी) २५ जनवरी २०११ को...
Nandini Sundar & ORS. Vs. State of Chhattisgarh
Judgment delivered by the Supreme Court, in which it has struck down as ‘unconstitutional’ the practice of arming local tribal youth as special police officers (SPOs) in order to fight the Maoists. The Judgment asked the state government to immediately stop using...
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