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...
Feb 28, 2025 | Communalism, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR acknowledges imprisonment for life handed down to Sajjan Kumar by the Delhi Special Court on 25th of February 2025 for the murder of father-son duo Jaswant Singh and Tarundeep Singh at PS Saraswati Vihar on 01st of November 1984. The case is based on the...
Feb 10, 2025 | Adivasis, Armed Conflict, Encounters
With more than one year of security operations in Chhattisgarh under Operation Kagaar, PUDR condemns the central and state governments’ policy of securitization at the expense of people’s rights and in violation of domestic and international law governing the State’s...
Feb 2, 2025 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
On 31 December 2024, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) released a “Year-End Press Release” in which it noted a “record 100% conviction rate for 2024” (https://nia.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/PressReleaseNew/1874_1_PR31122024.pdf). The press release notes the...
Jan 13, 2025 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) stands in solidarity with People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and other human rights organizations and joins them in expressing disapproval of the remarks made by a Special NIA Sessions Court, Lucknow. The court made a...