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.
Read: Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy at Framed_to_
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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...
PUDR condemns sham inquiry into charges against CJI’
On May 1st, 2019, the three-judge inquiry into charges of sexual harassment against the Chief Justice of India decided to proceed without the complainant, with the CJI appearing before it. The complainant had withdrawn from the inquiry the previous day, describing the...
Latest Publications
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
To download the leaflet, click below: मारूति - सफलता कि असलियत - मजदूरों का शोषण
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...
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