Sep 7, 2025 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 2 September 2025, the High Court of Delhi in two separate orders dismissed pleas for bail on behalf of ten persons who stand accused by the Delhi Police of commission of terrorist acts, terror funding and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts in relation to the...
Sep 1, 2025 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
A five-member team from the People’s Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi visited five villages in four districts of Punjab to investigate the issue of the use of Panchayati land by landless dalit households and the associated instances of violence and arrests....
Aug 14, 2025 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 05 August 2025, by order of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, 25 books were declared to be “forfeited” in terms of Section 98 BNSS, the new criminal procedure code. 5 August marks the 6th anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution...
Apr 29, 2025 | Communalism
April 29, 2025 PUDR expresses deep concern over the unchecked Islamophobia, the violation of rights during the ongoing crackdown in the region, and the harassment of Kashmiri students across the country following the cold-blooded killings of 26 civilians, primarily...
Mar 13, 2025 | Communalism, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
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...
