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 Fascism in the Name of Nationalism
PUDR strongly condemns the Delhi Police for arresting the JNU students’ union president, Kanhaiya Kumar today, 12th February, on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy for holding a protest demonstration on February 9th against the judicial hanging of Afzal Guru,...
PUDR salutes Professor Randhir Singh
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights mourns the death of Professor Randhir Singh, who passed away on Sunday 31st January, 2016. He was teacher par excellence to many, guide and philosopher to many more. For us he spanned the pre and post 1947 India which was marked not...
The police must be held answerable for the Sangam Park riot of 31st January
PUDR strongly condemns the police’s role in the outbreak of riots between members of the Valmiki and Muslim communities, in the Sangam Park area in North West Delhi, on 31st January, 2016. PUDR’s investigation into the incidents of 30th and 31st January, and...
Admission opens a can of worms
On 23rd July 2009, the Manipur police claimed to have had an encounter with a ‘PLA cadre’ Sanjit, as a result of which Sanjit died. While this version was widely contested by the local people who claimed that Sanjit was murdered in a cold-blooded manner, a set of...
CDRO Condemns the new wave of State terror being unleashed on the people of Chhattisgarh
Reports from Nendra and Pedda Jojer in Bijapur, and Kunna in Sukma reveal a new and brutal wave of systematic violence being carried out by security forces in South Chhattisgarh. On the one hand Chhattisgarh police proudly announces the launch of new operations and...
Latest Publications
Of Police and Prison: A Death via Two Custodies
This report published in July 1995 investigates the torture and custodial death of 23-year-old Ajay at the hands of the police. Ajay, a motor mechanic by trade was picked up by the police on 5th June for questioning related to a break-in and stabbing at Madras...
Oppose TADA: Protest Against All Black Laws
This leaflet was published during the All India Convention Against TADA on 13 May 1995, hosted by PUDR and organised jointly organised by AIFOFDR, APCLC, ACRA (Assansole), AFDR (Punjab), APDR (WB), CCLDR (Goa), CPDR (Bombay), LHS (Bombay), MASS (Assam), OPDR (AP and...
पूँजी, श्रम और कानून: कैलकम फैक्ट्री में मज़दूर संघर्ष
यह रिपोर्ट कैलकम इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स लिमिटेड के प्रबंधकों और मज़दूरों के बीच १९९४ में हुए तनाव जिसने प्रदर्शन का रूप लिया है, उसपर आधारित है. इस कंपनी की सात इकाइयां हैं और इसमें करीब ७०० मज़दूर कार्य करते हैं. मुख्य मुद्दा न्यूनतम मज़दूरी का है जिसे लेकर संघर्ष शुरू हुआ। To...
A Rape in Custody (आगामी अतीत): Sexual History and Criminal Justice, Narela Police Station
This is a small report highlighting the adverse circumstances that a rape survivor faces in the aftermath of her rape in police custody. The report is about the rape of a Dalit woman in a Narela Police Station in Delhi. In an uncommon instance in this case, the...
A Rape in Custody: Hauz Khas Police Station
A woman brought to the police station goes missing, and when found accuses a policeman of rape. All circumstantial evidence points to the guilt of the policeman and he is taken into judicial custody. Despite this, the investigating police officers take much interest...
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