COORDINATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS (CDRO) Press Release 19th April, 2024 On the 16th of April, at least 29 Maoists were killed by the security forces at the Kanker-Narayanpur border of Chhattisgarh. Though the government agencies have reported the killing of these Maoists as an encounter, the killings of 29 persons on one […]
Groundxero : 6 September, 2023 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 5 (Tuesday) conducted simultaneous searches at eight locations in five districts of Uttar Pradesh. They raided the residences and offices of several activists, including the residence of Seema Azad, national secretary of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and Bhagat Singh Student’s […]
It was on this day in 2018 that five activists — Sudhir Dhawale, an activist; Surendra Gadling, a criminal lawyer practising in Nagpur; Shoma Sen, professor and Head of Department, English at Nagpur University; activists Rona Wilson and Mahesh Raut — were arrested by the Pune police in the caste-based violence that broke out at Bhima […]
COORDINATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS (CDRO) PRESS RELEASE 2nd May 2023 Yesterday, the country’s working-class observed May Day; today, Jharkhand witnessed yet another attack on the working class and the democratic aspirations of the people. In a fresh attack by the BJP-led Central Government, today in the early morning hours, the homes of […]
Aerial bombings have been carried out on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border. Aerial bombings, in the name of countering Maoist influence, are genocidal assaults by the state on its own citizens. CDRO firmly believes that these aerial bombings, in the name of countering Maoist influence, are genocidal assaults by the state on its own citizens. COORDINATION […]
COORDINATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS (CDRO) Press Release 2nd October 2022 Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) strongly condemns the ban imposed by the Union Government on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and other organisations alleged to be working in close proximity with it, such as Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of […]
A joint team of human right organisations visited Dhinkia and the surrounding villages from January 29 to 31. This coastal region of Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha is the place where forcible land acquisition for Jindal Steel Works by the Odisha government has resulted in brutal police repression on the protesting villagers. The team addressed a […]
Press Release 28th April, 2021 CDRO strongly condemns the declaration of Civil Liberties Committee (CLC) and 15 other organisations by the Telangana state government as unlawful associations under Telangana Public security Act. The Telangana Government, recently through a G. O. Ms.73 dt. 30-3-2021, declared that the following organisations, Telangana Praja Front (TPF), 2.Telangana Asanghatitha […]
National Investigating Agency (NIA) has raided the houses of nearly 30 Human Rights, Civil liberties, feminist activists and progressive writers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The raids began on 31st March evening and continued until the early hours of the 1st April, for most activists. CO-ORDINATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANISATION (CDRO) in a press release issued […]
Press Release 30th November, 2020 Thousands and thousands of farmers from the states of Punjab, Haryana as well as Western Uttar Pradesh have marched towards Delhi protesting peacefully against the recent anti-farmer laws as well as the Electricity Bills. According to the Press Trust of India, the police had stationed water cannons and used […]
CO-ordination Of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) is shocked to hear the news of the arrest of Father Stan Swamy in connection with the infamous Bhima-Koregaon (BK) case. CDRO strongly believes that Fr. Stan Swamy has been implicated because of his role as a leading public intellectual, as a campaigner against the false arrest case of […]
Narendra Modi-led NDA government had come to power amidst a lot of hype in 2014. During these last six years, however, the country has witnessed several steps which have proved to be divisive and anti-people. From the trifurcation of the state of Jammu & Kashmir leading to unprecedented removal of statehood for the region to […]
CDRO condemns the witch-hunt by the NIA and the choking of pro-people voices. Press Release 8th September 2020 After the arrests of leading public intellectuals like poet Varavara Rao, Prof. Soma Sen, Prof. Anand Teltumbde, Mr. Gautam Navlakha, Ms. Sudha Bharadwaj and others, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has trained its gun yet once again on […]
Co-ordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) condemns the arrest of Delhi University Prof. Hany Babu and demands his immediate release after dropping the false charges levied against him. His arrest is part of the Modi’s Government attempt in silencing the dissent. Prof. Hany Babu is arrested by NIA on 28th July, 2020, on the allegation […]
COORDINATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANISATION (CDRO) Press Release 12th July 2020 CDRO, in unequivocal terms, considers the killing of the main accused Vikas Dubey of Kanpur on 10th July 2020 by the STF on the way via Shivpuri in MP and Jhansi, as cold-blooded murder. All pieces of evidence, as emerged from various […]