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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Books, the new casualty in Kashmir
PUDR expresses strong reservations and condemns the coordinated raids in last week of February on bookstores by the Jammu and Kashmir police in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir. As per reports in the press about 668 books have been seized. Majority of books seized...
Conviction of Sajjan Kumar: Delayed Justice Raises Questions
PUDR acknowledges imprisonment for life handed down to Sajjan Kumar by the Delhi Special Court on 25th of February 2025 for the murder of father-son duo Jaswant Singh and Tarundeep Singh at PS Saraswati Vihar on 01st of November 1984. The case is based on the...
Thirteen Months of Kagaar: Securitization and Human Rights in Chhattisgarh
With more than one year of security operations in Chhattisgarh under Operation Kagaar, PUDR condemns the central and state governments’ policy of securitization at the expense of people’s rights and in violation of domestic and international law governing the State’s...
The Layered Reality of the NIA 100% conviction in 2024
On 31 December 2024, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) released a “Year-End Press Release” in which it noted a “record 100% conviction rate for 2024” (https://nia.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/PressReleaseNew/1874_1_PR31122024.pdf). The press release notes the...
In solidarity with PUCL and other Human Rights Organisations
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) stands in solidarity with People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and other human rights organizations and joins them in expressing disapproval of the remarks made by a Special NIA Sessions Court, Lucknow. The court made a...
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THIRD WAVE OF COVID OUTBREAK IN DELHI NECESSITATES CONTINUED DECONGESTION OF PRISONS
DELHI PRISONS MUST BE DECONGESTED AMID COVID, AS A REMINDER THAT PRISONERS TOO HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE. We are presently in the midst of the third wave of COVID outbreak, which, by all accounts, is worse than before. The WHO has reported the highest daily...
जाँच से समझौता: समझौता एक्सप्रेस धमाके (2007) और राष्ट्रीय जाँच एजेंसी (एनआईए) की भूमिका
मार्च 2019 में, एनआईए स्पेशल कोर्ट, पंचकुला ने 2007 के समझौता ब्लास्ट केस में फैसला सुनाया, जिसमें 67 मारे गए और 13 यात्री घायल हुए, जिनमें ज्यादातर पाकिस्तानी नागरिक थे, जो पानीपत के पास अटारी एक्सप्रेस में सवार थे। समझौता धमाकों को अजमेर और मक्का मस्जिद विस्फोट...
खूनी रविवार : 13-15 दिसम्बर 2019 को जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया में पुलिस क्रूरता
जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया परिसर में 13 से 15 दिसंबर 2019 को हुई पुलिस की बर्बरपूर्ण घटनाओं के संदर्भ में PUDR की एक छह सदस्यीय टीम ने 16 से 19 दिसंबर 2019 तक चार दिवसीय जांच-पड़ताल की। ये बर्बरता एवं क्रूरता 11 दिसंबर 2019 को संसद द्वारा पारित नागरिकता (संशोधन) अधिनियम...
Behind the high walls
THE NORMALISATION OF RACIST VIOLENCE IN OUR PRISONS IS WORRYING. The June 29 status report filed by the Tihar jail superintendent in the Delhi High Court in response to allegations of “large-scale violence” made by the counsel of an inmate belonging to the Pinjra Tod...
Rescripting north-east Delhi riots – and the question of justice
WHILE POLICE SEEK TO PROJECT A ‘CONSPIRACY’ BEHIND THE RIOTS, ALL FIRS PERTAINING TO THE VIOLENCE MUST BE OPENED TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY. Arshad Alam, Amaan Iqbal, Deepak Kumar, Mohammad Hamza and many others were killed in communal riots that convulsed north-east Delhi in...
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