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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Continuing cases of SIMI acquittals expose the fraudulent nature of UAPA
On 30th September 2015, a local court in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, acquitted 14 persons who had been arrested on 14th June 2011 on charges of being members of SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) and for holding a banned meeting in a residential house in Khandwa...
बस्तर में वकीलों, पत्रकारों पर लगातार हमले का विरोध करो
बस्तर बार एसोसिएशन द्वारा पुलिस के साथ सांठगांठ से जिस तरीके से जगदलपुर लीगल ऐड ग्रुप (जगलग) को स्थानीय आदिवासियों की कानूनी मदद करने से रोका जा रहा है, उस पर पीपल्स यूनियन फॉर डैमोक्रेटिक राइट्स गहरी चिंता व्यक्त करता है. तकनीकी अड़चन को आधार बनाकर 3 अक्टूबर को बार...
Condemn continuing attacks on lawyers and journalists in Bastar, Chhattisgarh
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights is alarmed at the manner in which the Bastar Bar Association in tandem with the police is creating legal hurdles for the Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group from providing representation to local Adivasis who are harassed as Naxal offenders....
पीयूडीआर मानेसर औद्योगिक क्षेत्र में पुलिस द्वारा मज़दूरों पर झूठे मुकदमे करने और लगातार उनको विरोध प्रदर्शन से रोकने के प्रयास की निंदा करता है
पीयूडीआर मानेसर औद्योगिक क्षेत्र में पुलिस द्वारा मज़दूरों पर झूठे मुकदमे करने और लगातार उनको विरोध प्रदर्शन करने से रोकने के प्रयास की निंदा करता है| 26 सितम्बर 2015 को मारुति सुज़ुकी इंडिया लिमिटेड की मानेसर फैक्ट्री के गेट पर विरोध कर रहे अस्थायी मज़दूरों पर पुलिस ने...
CDRO Statement Against Torture and Threat to Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Presidency Correctional Home
The Coordination of Democratic Rights Organizations, CDRO, strongly condemns the punitive measures adopted by the jail administration of Kolkata’s Presidency Correctional Home against 30 political prisoners who have been on hunger strike since 28th August 2015. The...
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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...
Tall Chimneys Dark Shadows: A Report on the Lives and Struggle of Workers in Bhilai
Since Sep 1990 there had been disturbing reports of industrial tension from the industrial township of Bhilai in Madhya Pradesh. Allegation of victimisation and repression of workers and trade unions on one hand, and counter allegation of "terror tactics of the trade...
The Story of Hadmatiya: Adivasi Struggles in South Rajasthan
Two incidents of violent assault on the village of Hadmatiya in south Udaipur district. of Rajasthan, one by the police and the other by an armed mob, reflect the social tensions generated in a process of development that perpetuated conditions of deprivation and...
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