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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रिपोर्ट प्रकाशन – गौमांस पर प्रतिबंध और मौलिक अधिकारों का हनन – कुछ आयाम
भारतीय जनता पार्टी सरकार ने अपने 2014 के चुनाव पत्र में गौमांस पर प्रतिबंध और गौसंरक्षण को एक बड़ा मुद्दा बनाया था। इसी को अमल में लाते हुए, मार्च 2015 से महाराष्ट्र व हरियाणा में गौहत्या प्रतिबंधी कानूनों को पारित करने और उनमें संशोधन लाने का सिलसिला शुरू हुआ। तब से...
Stop arrests and harassment of activists protesting against Kanhar Dam Project
PUDR condemns the ongoing attacks by the state police and land mafia against the protesters who have been agitating against the construction of the Kanhar Dam project in Sonbhadra district for the past seven months. The arrest of Roma Malik, Sukalo (30th June),...
Stop Yakub Memon’s Hanging
On 15th July, the Maharashtra government announced that it has initiated the process for hanging Yakub Memon. On 30th July, 2015 ‘he is to be hung by the neck till dead’. The announcement seemed inevitable after the Supreme Court had rejected his review petition on...
The Murderers of Dhananjoy Hazir Ho! Abolish Death Penalty
The irreversibility of death penalty, and the likelihood of innocents being executed by the Judiciary, is one of the strongest arguments for abolishing capital punishment. Dhananjoy Chatterjee today joins the list of persons where clear evidence exists that they were...
Release of report entitled, Banned and Damned: SIMI’s Saga with UAPA Tribunals
Since 2001, the Students Islamic Movement of India, SIMI, has remained banned as an ‘unlawful’ organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, UAPA for allegedly pursuing anti-national activities. Significantly, the ban provision under UAPA mandates the...
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A Rape and a Retraction: The Saga of Dakshinpuri
A rape victim invariably faces compelling pressures that impose a shroud of silence over her violations. Such pressures come from within the family and, more pervasively, through the norms and codes of society. Where the agents of state are responsible for such...
A Wiped Out Life: The Story of a Police Cover-Up
This report, published in 1991, is about the death of an autorickshaw driver, Shankar Lal, on the 14th of July 1991. This report is based on interviews with the doctors, police officers, SDM and the family of the deceased. Shankar was picked up on the 4th of July by...
A Theft and Death Sentence: Murder in Patel Nagar Police Station
Published in August 1991, this report is based on an investigation into the death of 50-year-old Jayram in the custody of Patel Nagar Police Station. He was picked bu on 18th August from his house by four policemen who were looking for his 15-year-old son Manoj,...
Custodial Death in Timarpur P.S.: Delhi Police, With You, After You, Always
This report, published in August 1991, is on the custodial death of Om Prakash Kaushik in Timarpur police station. On July 12 the Timarpur police received a call about a fight in Wazirabad village. Upon arrival they found Om Prakash lying in a vacant plot. The police...
A Murder in Police Custody: Lahori Gate Police Station
This report, published in 1991, is about the custodial death of Jagan Nath, a 34-year-old peon cum chowkidar, who, along with another individual was picked up on May 1 and brought to the Lahori Gate Police Station. While the second individual was released the next...
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