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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From Protest to Persecution: The Supreme Court’s defining Moment in Delhi Riot Case
On 5 January 2026, the Supreme Court delivered its first substantive order in the so-called ‘Delhi riots conspiracy case’ of FIR 59/2020 under UAPA, to grant bail to five (Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa ur Rehman, Meeran Haider, Md Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmad) and reject the...
Labour Court upholds dismissal of Maruti worker, despite name not being there in FIR, citing importance of having strict discipline in the workforce
More than a decade after the incident of violence on 18 July, 2012 in the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the Labour Courts have once again revealed their anti-worker stance. In an award released to the petitioners on 1 December 2025 (issued on 7 November,...
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...
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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
पोस्टर अभियान। यूएपीए रद्द करो। भीमा कोरेगांव के विचाराधीन कैदियों को रिहा करो!
Poster campaign. Cancel UAPA. Release the undertrial prisoners of Bhima Koregaon!
Another ‘Natural’ Death in Tihar: Custodial Death of Jishan and its aftermath
On 15 February 2022, 19 year old Jishan, an undertrial arrested for a petty theft in November 202, died in judicial custody of Delhi’s Tihar Jail. This report is based on PUDR investigation of this incident and its aftermath. The PUDR team spoke to the family and...
Behind the veil of algorithms: Invisible workers
A report on workers in 'Gig' Economy. The growth of the ‘gig’ economy and ‘gig workers’ in India is a phenomenon of the last decade or so. Even though this may not be the fastest growing category of workers, still names like Swiggy, Zomato, Ola, Uber or Urban Company...
The Anti – Labour Codes
The 75th Independence Day of India is practically the first for workers in the country without the official protection of crucial labour laws, like the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Factories Act, 1948 among others. Some of these laws are as old as the country’s...
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