Persecuted Prisoners’ Solidarity Committee (PPSC), a platform of Lawyers, Activists and socially committed persons moves the High Court to expedite the criminal proceedings long pending before various criminal courts in the state against the hundreds of tribal, dalit and other…
Bhangar: WSS open letter to West Bengal CM
Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS), a nationwide network of women who oppose and resist state repression and sexual violence against women and girls, strongly condemns your government’s anti-people, anti-democratic actions in unleashing state terror against the struggling…
Statements against banning of Mazdoor Sangathan Samiti by Jharkhand Government
[Mazdoor Sangathan Samiti, a workers union in Jharkhand, has recently been outlawed by the Jharkhand government by declaring it as a Maoist front. The MSS, is an old workers' union, set up by the well known lawyer and labour activist…
Commission of inquiry report on Kalinganagar firing justifies state violence — A response
Police firing on adivasis leading to 13 deaths in Kalinganagar on January 2, 2006 to acquire land for a private company to usher in industrialization had sent shock waves across the country. Today, it is equally painful and shocking to…
PUDR condemns Allahabad HC gag order in Yogi Adityanath hate speech case
On 7 November 2017, the Allahabad High Court ordered a gag on media reporting on the issue of sanction by the State to prosecute Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for a speech deemed to incite violence, made in 2007. The Court…
PADS Statement condemning incarceration of Akhil Gogoi and Chandrasekhar under NSA
Akhil Gogoi, the leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti of Asom, and Chandrasekhar of Bhim Sena in Western Uttar Pradesh have been under detention for many months now. Akhil was arrested on 13 September under sedition charges by the BJP…
Condemn the continued violation of Rule of Law and use of draconian legal provisions in Kashmir
PUDR condemns the 36th Preventive Detention order served on Masarat Alam, leader of Muslim League and member of Tehreek-i-Hurriyat, led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The revolving-door-detention, where a person is booked under new detention order illegally irrespective of the…
APDR Press Release on Barun Bhujel’s Death
প্রেস বিবৃতি :: ২৫ আক্টোবর ২০১৭ আজ ভোররাতে কলকাতার এসএসকেএম হাসপাতালে কালিম্পং পৌরসভার ১৬ নম্বর ওয়ার্ডের কাউন্সিলার বরুণ ভুজেলের মৃত্য হয়েছে। এই মৃত্যু কোনও স্বাভাবিক মৃত্যু নয়, দার্জিলিঙে রাজ্য সরকারের লাগাতার দমননীতির আর একটি মর্মান্তিক পরিণতি। এটি পুলিশী নির্যাতনের ফলে…
PUDR Statement condemning draconian ordinance by Rajasthan government
PUDR condemns the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance promulgated by the Rajasthan government on 7 September 2017, preventing magistrates from taking cognizance of complaints against serving and former Judges, Magistrates, and public servants without sanction of the government. This ordinance…
Update from POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) : Oct 20
There was no significant development to share with you since our last communication. I am sure, you must be curious to know about current happenings. As you know that the continuous peaceful resistance of our people forced the POSCO to…