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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CDRO Statement: ‘Rude acts of mere instinct’
Civil liberties and Democratic Rights organizations have for long argued that using Indian Army to prosecute war against our own people is to fight an ignoble war, because such wars are Dirty Wars under the very definition of Counter Insurgency warfare where our own...
PUDR Condemns Award to Major Gogoi!
PUDR strongly condemns the commendation conferred on Major Leetul Gogoi by none less than the Army Chief for taking Farooq Dar hostage, tying Dar to the front of his jeep allegedly to ward off attacking stone-pelters, and then driving around for several hours to warn...
Deterrence is Through Prosecution, Not Through Death Sentence
On 5th May, 2017 the Supreme Court upheld the High Court judgement giving death penalty to the four accused in the ‘Nirbhaya’ case ie the brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh on December 16, 2012. The trial and conviction of the guilty in a time bound manner...
CDRO Statement on midnight raids and fabricated surrenders of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti activists in Raygada district, Odisha
CDRO expresses deep concern about the intensifying repression on the Dongria Kondhos of Niyamgiri mountains whose sustained resistance against bauxite mining is a fight for their survival and livelihood. CDRO condemns the midnight raid of the CRPF on the night of May...
CDRO Statement: Wanted! A Responsible Government; Reflecting on the Sukma Attack
The Maoist attack of 24th April in Burkapal village in Sukma District which left 25 CRPF jawans and at least one Maoist dead is the latest instance in the cycle of violence and counter-violence between the security forces and the Maoists in Chhattisgarh, which...
Latest Publications
Behind the Label: Condition of Leather Garment Workers in Delhi
The leather sector in India is amongst the top eight export earners for the country with an annual production value of US $ 4 billion and an annual export value of US $ 2 billion. The Council for Leather Exports, which serves as a bridge between Indian leather...
Balancing Act: High Court Judgement on the 13th December 2001 case
After the conviction by the Special Court, the accused went on appeal to the High Court. The High Court gave its verdict on October 29, 2003. The High Court upheld the death sentence on Mohammad Afzal and Shaukat Hussain and indeed enhanced a sentence of life...
Terror by Proxy: Lives, Livelihood and Democratic Rights in Godhra in the aftermath of POTA
The imposition of POTA in the case formed the immediate context of the fact-finding undertaken by PUDR to Godhra in April 2003. With a list of the accused that appears to be still growing, this case has the distinction of having the largest number of accused under...
Courting Disaster: A Report on Inter-Caste Marriages Society and State
The present report attempts to centrally place the issue of 'love marriages' within the ambit of the democratic rights movement. From this perspective it examines the questions of the rights of women, of Dalits, of violations within the family and the community, and...
Police Excesses on Farmers in Haryana
It had come to the notice of PUDR, Delhi that in Haryana a large number of farmers, mostly supporters or members of the Bharatiya Kishan Union (BKU), are being arrested under section 124-A of the IPC. Section 124-A deals with sedition, with attempts to overthrow the...
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