With the repeated death threats against my life, and having seen the assassinations of one activist after the other in the last few years, I somehow knew that someday a gun may be turned against me too. Dhabolkar, Kalburgi, Pansare,…
Statement against invitation of Narendra Modi to IIT Bombay convocation
As IIT Bombay students, we are proud that this institution has now stepped in its Diamond Jubilee year and has occupied a prominent place among the other well-known institutes of learning in this world. However, invitation of Mr. Narendra Modi,…
Statements condemning the attack on Sudha Bharadwaj by Republic TV
PUCL Condemns Defamatory, Scurrilous Attack on Adv. Sudha Bharadwaj, National Secretary, PUCL by Republic TV - Demands Action from National Broadcasting Standards Authority of India and NHRC The PUCL strongly condemns the recent fabricated, malicious and motivated attacks against Advocate…
Public Statement by Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj
PUBLIC STATEMENT BY ADVOCATE SUDHA BHARADWAJ, Visiting Professor, National Law University Delhi and National Secretary, Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties I have been informed that Republic TV aired a programme on 4 July 2018, presented by anchor and MD Arnab…
CDRO & WSS Press Release on fact-finding related to police firing and killing of Anti-Sterlite protesters
The Co-ordination of Democratic Rights Organization (CDRO) and Woman against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) team, consisting of 17 members undertook a fact finding from 16.06.2018 to 18.06.2018 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu regarding the firing and killing of Anti Sterlite…
IAPL statement condemning arrest of Advocate Vanchinathan
The Indian Association of People’s lawyers (IAPL) condemns the arrest of Advocate Vanchinathan by the Chennai police in the early hours of Thursday, 21 June 2018. Following the brutal police crackdown in Tuticorin on people protesting against Sterlite Copper Smelter…
Statement on MSS ban and arrest of Bachha Singh
पिछले 31 मई की रात को मजदूर संगठन समिति (MSS) के महासचिव का० बच्चा सिंह, एवं केंद्रीय सचिव का० दीपक कुमार को बोकारो पुलिस ने चंदनकियारी थाने के अंतर्गत पर्वतपुर गांव से गिरफ्तार किया, और गैरकानूनी तरीके से 58 घंटे…
PUDR Condemns the arrest of Abhay Devdas Nayak
A 34-year-old 'techie' Abhay Devdas Nayak was abducted by the Chattisgarh police on 31 May 2018 from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and presented before the media on 12 June, as a "top Maoist propagandist." That he could be picked…
Press note by Indian Association of Peoples’ Lawyers regarding arrest of Adv. Gadling and other peoples’ activists
Press Release: 7th June 2018 Today, Indian Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) organised a press conference at the Press Club of India in New Delhi in relation to the recent arrests of Advocate Surendra Gadling, Prof. Shoma Sen , Sudhir…
Statements condemning the arrests of Adv Gadling, Prof Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawle, Rona Wilson, Mahesh Raut
Statement from Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) CDRO strongly condemns the arrest by Maharashtra police in the early morning of June 6, 2018 of Adv. Surendra Gadling, senior advocate from Nagpur and General Secretary of India Association of Peoples’…