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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Oppose raids and attacks on Kashmir Times
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the recent raids and attack on Kashmir Times, one of the oldest news organizations of Jammu and Kashmir. Reportedly, the eleven hours raid conducted by the Special Investigation Agency (SIA) in the Jammu head office...
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: दिल्ली 1984: द लॉंग आफ़्टरमाथ : आपराधिक नाइंसाफ़ी, उदासीनता और जीवित बचे लोगों के संघर्ष के 41 वर्ष
पीयूडीआर और पीयूसीएल द्वारा 17 नवंबर 1984 को जारी की गई रिपोर्ट "दोषी कौन?" के 41 वर्ष पूरे होने के अवसर पर, जारी रिपोर्ट, दिल्ली 1984: द लॉंग आफ़्टरमाथ : आपराधिक नाइंसाफ़ी, उदासीनता और जीवित बचे लोगों के संघर्ष के 41 वर्ष (Criminal Injustice, Apathy And Struggles of...
Press Release on release of PUDR Report – DELHI 1984: THE LONG AFTERMATH, 41 YEARS OF CRIMINAL INJUSTICE, APATHY AND STRUGGLES OF SURVIVORS
Marking forty-one years of PUDR and PUCL’s Who are the Guilty? (released on 17 November 1984), PUDR’s report, Delhi 1984: The Long Aftermath, 41 years of Criminal Injustice, Apathy and Struggles of Survivors (November 2025), offers a detailed account of three...
In Solidarity Against Police Repression on Democratic Movements in Ladakh
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) strongly condemns the large scale atrocities by the police on democratic movements in Ladakh. On 24 September 2025, four individuals lost their lives in a shooting incident in Ladakh, with over 50 others sustaining injuries....
लद्दाख में जनवादी आंदोलनों पर पुलिस दमन के ख़िलाफ़ न्याय की अपील
पीपुल्स यूनियन फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स (पीयूडीआर) लद्दाख की जनता के न्यायोचित आंदोलनों पर हुई पुलिस बर्बरता की घोर निंदा करता है। दिनांक 24 सितम्बर 2025 को लद्दाख में पुलिस कारवाई में चार प्रदर्शनकारियों की मृत्यु और 50 से अधिक लोग घायल हुए। इसके अलावा, 70 से अधिक...
Latest Publications
Justice for Stan Swamy
A Long Battle for Justice
Workers of Bellsonica Auto Component India Private Limited at the Industrial Model Township (IMT) Manesar in the National Capital Region of India have been sitting on relay hunger strike outside their factory since 4 May 2023, protesting against the spate of recent...
Probing the Jahangirpuri Communal Incident, Delhi, 2022
Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi came into the headlines when an outbreak of communal violence took place in the course of a confrontation between some Hindus and Muslims during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on 16 April 2022. Two FIRs (nos. 440 and 441 of 2022,...
37th Annual Ramanadham Memoria Lecture 2022: Digitization, Science and Criminal Investigation: Concerns for Democratic Rights
Every year PUDR organizes a Dr Ramanadham memorial lecture on a topic of contemporary interest. Last year it was Urban Planning and Democratic Rights. The year before that it was on Judiciary and Democratic Rights. In 2008 the topic of the 22nd Ramanadham memorial...
Poster Campaign: Repeal UAPA! Release the Bhima Koregaon undertrials!
As part of its campaign for the release of activists incarcerated in the Bhima Koregaon case, PUDR has created posters in English and Hindi which portray the draconian features of UAPA along with portraits of the activists. Posters in English Posters in Hindi
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