Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) is one of the oldest human rights organisations in India. APDR’s 28th central conference was scheduled to be held on 23-24 October, at Sheoraphuli, in Hooghly district of West Bengal. A few hours ago, the Hooghly district administration cancelled the conference citing Covid restrictions. Such attacks and harassment […]
Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) is one of the oldest human rights organisations in India. Formed in 1972, amid the “orgy of slaughter and brutal repression” unleashed by Indian State on political activists, in the background of the Naxalbari uprising, APDR turns 50 this year. On the eve of APDR’s 28th conference […]
Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) is one of the oldest human rights organisations in India. Formed in 1972, amid the “orgy of slaughter and brutal repression” unleashed by the Indian State on political activists, in the background of the Naxalbari uprising, APDR turns 50 this year. 25 June 1972 — when the […]