Aug 6, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR’s report, Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy, offers an exhaustive account of what lay behind Stan Swamy’s death in judicial custody in a private hospital on 5 July 2021. As is known, he was arrested from his room in Bagaicha ATC campus on 8 October 2020 under...
May 29, 2021 | Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) condemns the turn of events at Silanger village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh over the past two weeks. On 12 May, a CRPF camp was set up at the Silanger village despite protests by the residents of nearby villages. On 17...
May 7, 2021 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
On 4 May 2021, the Central Government’s Ministry of Labour and Employment notified certain Draft Rules under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, one of the 4 Labour Codes passed by Parliament in 2019-20. The Industrial Relations Code 2020 (henceforth ‘IR Code’)...
Apr 28, 2021 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR condemns the undemocratic ban of 16 civil liberties, students, women’s, writers and cultural organizations as “unlawful associations” by the Telangana government under the Public Security Act (PSA). These include the Telangana Praja Front (TPF), Telangana...
Apr 2, 2021 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
In a move paralleling the Bhima Koregaon case, the NIA has, over two days, March 31 and April 1, conducted raids in 31 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and seized a variety of materials, allegedly relating to furthering activities of proscribed...