May 23, 2013 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
On18 July 2012 a violent incident occurred at the Manesar unit of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), in which an HR manager died and some other managers as well as workers were injured. Following reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families in...
May 13, 2013 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR unequivocally condemns the undemocratic ways of the Odisha government in trying to further corporate interests under the rhetoric of development, subjecting the locals to repression, displacement and a threat to survival. The arrest of Abhay Sahu, leader of the...
May 10, 2013 | Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights, Working Class
The Haryana Government yet again in a brazen and outright cowardly manner has sought to protect the interest of capital and particularly the management of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd by refusing to allow the victimised workers and their families to undertake a peaceful...
Apr 30, 2013 | Communalism, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR expresses shock, anger and outrage at the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 case. The CBI Court at Karkardooma indicted the other four accused while acquitting Kumar. The judgement sets aside the Nanavati Commission report findings and those of the CBI which...
Apr 12, 2013 | Death Penalty, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
PUDR strongly denounces the Supreme Court’s dismissal this morning of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s plea for commutation of the death sentence awarded to him to life. The issues at stake in this dismissal are multiple, that of clemency, death penalty, miscarriage of...
