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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PUDR condemns comment of Chhattisgarh ADG (Intel) Mukesh Gupta on Professor Nandini Sundar.
PUDR expresses concern over the irresponsible and uncorroborated comment made by Chhattisgarh ADG (Intel) Mukesh Gupta on Professor Nandini Sundar. The ADG has alleged Prof. Sundar’s involvements in Maoist activities in the state. The police claims that the recently...
Pathribal Killing: Requiem for Justice Denied
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the dismissal of charges by the Army’s 15 Corps against four senior officers, a retired Major General, two Colonels, a Lt Colonel and a Subedar, belonging to 7 Rashtriya Rifles. The five were accused of abduction,...
Racism, moral policing and authoritarianism- not the common man’s tools!
In the drama of the last four days, the culpability of the Delhi Government and its Law Minister regarding the incident on January 15th 2014, against four Nigerian and Ugandan women in particular stands exposed. Despite public outcry, issues relating to the heightened...
PUDR welcomes the historic judgment by the Supreme Court, commuting to life the death sentences awarded to 15 convicts
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) welcomes the judgement of the Supreme Court delivered today commuting to life the death sentences awarded to 15 convicts lodged in different jails in the country. In doing so the Supreme Court has upheld the spirit of the...
शामली और मुज़फ्फरनगर के दंगा राहत शिविर में रह रहे लोगों के हालातों पर एक रिपोर्ट
उत्तर प्रदेश के मुज़फ्फरनगर, शामली, बाघपत, मेरठ, और सहारनपुर जिलों के ग्रामीण इलाकों में सितम्बर के पहले हफ़्ते में हुए दंगों के बाद से हज़ारों मुसलमान चार महीने से राहत शिविरों में रह रहे हैं | पिछले हफ़्ते से, उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने जबरन शिविर बंद करने और लोगों को वहाँ...
Latest Publications
Bilaspur Incident caste conflict between Harijans and Jaat families
On March 21, 6 Chamar families had their jhuggies burnt down and a newly constructed house destroyed. The circumstantial evidence points strongly to a group of Jaat farmers led by one Shri Subh Ram as having perpetrated the outrage. The district authorities and...
Six Parliaments And Democratic Rights
In the last 32 years six parliaments have come and gone, five prime ministers have changed, promises were made and assurances given. But the assault on people’s democratic rights has continued. The ordinary masses of India, toiling day in and day out with no security...
Report Of The PUCL&DR (Delhi) Fact Finding Team On Faridabad Incidents Of 17th October, 1979
On Oct 1979 Haryana Police ran berserk and killed innocent people in Faridabad. and then engaged in concealing and destroying all evidence of their misdeeds. This report is the result of fact finding conducted by PUCL&DR which met victims of firing, talked to...
Repression in Singhbhum
The People's Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights (PUCL) in Delhi was concerned to learn of frequent instances of police firing on adivasis in Chaibasa and oppression of landless labourers in Baharagora areas of Singhbhum in Bihar during the latter half of...
DISSENTING VOICES
Voices of poets from some of the languages in India. This collection is not representative but only a small sample of what is available. This anthology, however feeble, shows that the poetic conscience of India is not silent at the time of crisis. To download the...
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