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 Release on Release of PUDR Report “Unfair Verdict”, Critique of Red Fort Attack Judgment
PUDR has all along been concerned with high profile cases be it the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case or the Parliament attack case as they raise serious issues pertaining to criminal jurisprudence. The judgement on the Red Fort attack delivered by a Delhi session’s...
PUDR demands that Santosh Singh’s death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment.
The conviction of Santosh Singh by Delhi High Court for the rape and murder of Priyadarshni Mattoo is very welcome. Inspite of wait of ten long years justice has finaly been done with the overturning of Session's Court judgment acquitting Santosh Singh. However the...
Civil Society Groups Make Jeevan Reddy Committee Report Public
The Apunba Lup, the representative group of Manipur civil society, along with Delhi groups which included Human Rights Law Network, Saheli, People's Union for Democratic Rights, Sama and Jagori today made public the report of the Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee, set up...
PUDR strongly condemns the reported decision taken to hang Mohd. Afzal on 20th October 2006.
People’s Union for Democratic Rights strongly condemns the reported decision taken today to hang Mohd. Afzal on 20th October 2006. Not only does PUDR condemn death penalty in principle, but in this case, PUDR has followed the Parliament attack case closely from the...
Press Release on Fact-Finding on the Salwa Judum, Dantewara District, by an All-India team
Fact-Finding on the Salwa Judum, Dantewara District, by an All-India team (PUCL Chhattisgarh and PUCL Jharkhand, PUDR, Delhi; APDR, West Bengal and IAPL), Nov-Dec 2005 Since June 2005, Dantewara District (formerly part of Bastar district), Chhattisgarh, has been in...
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