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. The charges levelled reveal the state’s deep prejudice against an upright activist who spent decades in building and empowering Adivasi rights against historic neglect and exploitation. Stan Swamy’s persecution under the UAPA offers an understanding of how many others have been similarly punished by the state for their dissenting politics.
Prior to his incarceration, Stan Swamy’s failing health was well-known, but he was not granted even medical bail let alone regular bail. The NIA and the prison authorities refused to acknowledge the deterioration that he suffered in prison, and they failed to uphold his rights as a prisoner, a right to decent health care and facilities.
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Stop the Intimidation and Harassment of Kathputli colony residents
PUDR notes with concern the intimidation of the residents of Kathputli colony by the Delhi police since the night of 18 December. While Police presence was visible in and around Kathputli colony for the past few days, the police were deployed in large numbers (approx....
Condemn attack on tribal rights activists and continuing erosion of the Rule of Law in Chhattisgarh
PUDR expresses its disquiet that Bastar Police has recorded an FIR on the basis of a complaint filed by wife of deceased Shamnath Baghel, of Nama village under Kumakoleng Gram Panchayat in Tongpal who was killed, on November 4th allegedly by the Maoists. The FIR...
भोपाल फर्ज़ी मुठभेड़ के खिलाफ लखनऊ में धरना दे रहे रिहाई मंच के कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ स्थानीय पुलिस द्वारा की गई बदसलूकी की निंदा!
पीपल्स यूनियन फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक राइट्स हाल में हुए भोपाल फर्ज़ी मुठभेड़ के खिलाफ लखनऊ में धरना दे रहे रिहाई मंच के कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ स्थानीय पुलिस द्वारा की गई बदसलूकी की कड़ी निंदा करता है | आज इस देश में गुंडा राज देखने को मिल रहा है | जहां एक तरफ बर्बर तरीके से 8...
Banned and Damned to Death: Press Statement on Custodial Killings of SIMI Undertrials
On the morning of 31st October eight male Muslim undertrials- Amjad Khan, Mehboob alias Guddu, Zakir Hussain, Mohammad Salik, Akeel Khilji, Mohammad Khalid, Mujeeb Shaikh, Majid- all accused in SIMI related cases, were brutally shot dead by the Madhya Pradesh (MP)...
Why we stand in solidarity with the Kashmiri People’s demand for the Right to Self-determination?
On 27th October 2016 several organisations in Delhi came together in protest at Jantar Mantar demanding restoration of civil liberties and democratic rights in Kashmir. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) affirms its solidarity with the people of Kashmir who...
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Gopalpur: Steel Plant, Displacement and People’s Struggle
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संभावना की किरण: ओखला में फ़ैशन टीम के कर्मचारिओ का संघर्ष
मजदूरों की छटनी; गैरकानूनी तरीके से बर्खास्तगी; पुलिस, प्रशासन और मैनेजमेंट की मिलीभत और मजदूर के लिए बने क़ानूनों को पूरी तरह से लागू करने मे असक्छम विभाग। इन सबों की बीच फ़ैशन टीम के मजदूरों द्वारा, पुर्वांचल मजदूर ट्रेड यूनियन और दिल्ली जनरल मजदूर फ्रंट के सहयोग से...
Voices of Protest: Workers’ Struggle at Wazirpur
The Supreme Court gave an amended order in 1996 for the relocation and closure of polluting factories in Delhi. For workers, the order had a provision of compensation in case of loss of jobs due to relocation or closure. In this state of affairs where more than half...
D.K. Basu Vs State of West Bengal
The judgment on PIL on the issue of death in police custody and "custody jurisprudence" and modalities for awarding compensation to the victim and/or family members of the victim for atrocities and death caused in police custody and also the question of...
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