Oct 31, 2026 | Death Penalty
PUDR strongly condemns the death sentence awarded to the ten accused, including two women, by the NIA Court Jagdalpur on September 16 in the Jhiram Ghati Maoist attack case and demands their release. Twenty-seven persons, including prominent leader Mahendra Karma and...
Oct 25, 2026 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha have seen a series of arrests in the last month. The latest of which is of Randall Sequeira, a member of the Medico Friend Circle (MFC), also associated with the Ma Mati Mali Surakhya Manch (MMMSM), and Laxman Naik, a...
Oct 12, 2026 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Following the success of the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party’s July 2026 anti-NEET protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, the state embarked on warlike preparations on the eve of the October protests. The October 10, 2026, people’s protest- jointly called by the CJP,...
Sep 22, 2026 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR raises concern over the repeated denial of medical bail to septuagenarian E. Abubacker who has been languishing as an undertrial since September 22, 2022, in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Most recently, in July 2026, the special NIA court rejected Abubacker’s bail plea,...
Aug 23, 2026 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On August 6, 2026, the Home Department of the Maharashtra Government notified ‘forfeiture’ of 114 publications under S 98 of the BNSS (Power to Declare Certain Publications as Forfeited). The publications are shown as linked to terror organizations (IS/ISIS, ISKP,...
