Apr 28, 2015 | Death Penalty
PUDR notes with extreme concern the Supreme Court’s decision on the 9th of April 2015, to reject Yakub Memon’s petition seeking review of his death sentence. This decision will only add another chapter to the growing instances of injustice perpetrated by the...
Apr 12, 2015 | Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) strongly condemns the slapping of cases against activists of a team of several civil liberties and democratic rights organisations from across the country who conducted a fact-finding into the recent killings of 20 red...
Apr 2, 2015 | Political Prisoners, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly condemns the recent attacks by police and jail officials on undertrial political prisoners, Hem Mishra and Vivekananda, in Nagpur and Madurai Central prisons, respectively. On 20 March 2015, when Hem Mishra was being taken to the Government Medical...
Mar 26, 2015 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
PUDR strongly condemns the brutal lathicharge by Delhi Police on a workers’ demonstration on 25 March 2015 when nearly 1000 workers and activists belonging to different unions (Wazirpur hot rolling steel industry, Delhi Metro Railways Corporation, Karawal Nagar almond...
