Under the Rule of Law and principles of natural justice, People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands accountability from state agencies for the unlawful incarceration and subsequent death of Saibaba through relegation to inhuman prison conditions and callous and active neglect. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) mourns the death of activist, teacher […]
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (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. PUDR demands rejecting approvals to the Sijimali bauxite […]
Groundxero | 7 August, 2023 Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira were released from Navi Mumbai’s Taloja Jail on Saturday, 5 August, following their bail approval by the Supreme Court on 28 July. The People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has raised concerns over the sweeping bail conditions, the violation of which can result in the […]
On 20 March, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj in a ‘NGO Terror funding Case’ of October 2020. The investigating agency is reportedly probing into “money transfer by NGOs through Hawala Channel for terrorist activities in Kashmir valley”. Irfan contributes to The Caravan magazine, Article 14 and Al Jazeera among other national and international media outlets. Irfan, who […]
Jailed under-trial leader Altaf Ahmad Shah (66) is dead. Shah was a political prisoner, that too from Kashmir. His death is yet another instance of the routine violation of the rights of political prisoners and those arrested under UAPA. The death of Mr. Shah foretells or rather underlines that such chronicles will repeat themselves unless […]
PEOPLE’S UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS 13 April 2022 When the Process becomes the Punishment 14th April 2022 marks the completion of two years of PUDR activist Gautam Navlakha’s surrender before the NIA. One of sixteen accused in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case, Gautam has been imprisoned in Taloja Central Jail, Navi Mumbai since […]