People’s Union for Democratic Rights

A civil liberties and democratic rights organisation based in Delhi, India

PUDR Demands Immediate Release of Kartik Naik of Maa Maati Maali Surakhya Manch: Calls for Protection of Rights of Adivasis in Rayagada and Kalahandi Over Their Lands and Forests Under The Fifth Schedule

PUDR demands the immediate release of Kartik Naik, a prominent leader of the Maa Maati Maali Surakhya Manch resisting the setting up of a bauxite mine in the Sijimali/ Tijmali hills in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha by M/S Vedanta Ltd. Kartik Naik was...

Condemn Custody Death in Nagaon, Assam

25 August 2024, Delhi: PUDR strongly condemns the recent custodial death in Assam which occurred when an accused, a suspect in the gang-rape of a minor girl, drowned in a pond in Nagaon district, Assam on August 24, 2024. The deceased, 24-year-old Tafazul Islam, an...