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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Press Statement condemning on Home Minister’s views that Naxals are Bandits.
The views expressed by the Home minister, Mr. P Chidambaram, “Naxals not motivated by ideology, they’re bandits” (Times of India, 18.4.09) reveals a regressive security perspective of a mass movement mobilised by the Naxal movement. That the roots of the Naxal...
Press Release of the Report: In the Name of National Pride
In the Name of National Pride : Blatant Violation of Workers Rights at the Commonwealth Games construction site The forthcoming 18th Commonwealth Games are being presented as a matter of great national pride by both the central and Delhi govt. The Govt. of India has...
PUDR Opposes Imposition of NSA Against Varun Gandhi
When a crime is committed as per the law of the land in full public view, what reason can there be for not prosecuting but instead invoking a preventive detention law such as the NSA, as has been done in the case of Varun Gandhi. PUDR as a matter of principle opposes...
Findings into human right violations by police and intelligence authorities in Uttarakhand
A four member fact-finding team undertook a fact finding from October 23-26, 2008 and 6-7 November, 2008 to investigate state repression of individuals and crackdown on organisations in Uttarakhand, happening in the guise of suppressing the Maoist threat. The team...
WHY BAN THE BAJRANG DAL?
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) finds the activities of the Hinduva group, in particular that of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, repugnant and considers them a major threat to social peace and harmony. However we do not support the demand being made...
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