On Monday, lawyers from the Kathua Bar Association prevented members of the state police from filing a chargesheet in front of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, in the case of rape of an 8 year old girl from Rasana village in…
Why are Damodar Turi and Other Undertrials being kept under Solitary Confinement?
PPSC condemns the arbitrary and illegal manner in which Giridih Central Jail Administration has imposed solitary confinement over undertrials arrested after the crackdown on Mazdoor Sangathan Samiti (MSS). MSS, a registered Trade Union was banned on 22nd December by the…
WSS statement on sexual harassment and Internal Complaints Committees on campus
Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) stands firmly with all those who have come forward to report their experiences of sexual harassment and assault in university spaces and colleges across the country by male faculty members. The feminist…
PUDR Statement condemning the ban on PFI in Jharkhand
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights condemns the Jharkhand Government for banning PFI, Popular Front of India, without providing any prima-facie evidence to support its decision. Through its official release dated 20th February 2018, the BJP state government proscribed PFI by…
Odisha: IAPL statement condemning the arrest of advocate Upendra Nayak
The Indian Association of People’s Lawyers condemns the arrest of peoples’ advocate Upendra Nayak by the Paralakhemundi police, Odisha on the night of 20th February 2018. He was produced before the Mohana, Gajapati Judicial Magistrate on 21st February and subsequently…
PPSC statement condemning arrest of Damodar Turi by Jharkhand Police
Persecuted Prisoners’ Solidarity Committee (PPSC) condemns the continued repression on activists and groups associated with people’s struggles in Jharkhand by the police and administration. Damodar Turi, a member of the Central Committee of Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vikas Andolan (VVJVA), was…
Kunduli, Odisha: PUDR Statement condemning institutional murder and gangrape of a minor Dalit girl by security forces
PUDR grieves and rages at the suicide of the young girl from Kunduli, Koraput district on 22 January 2018, who succumbed to the failure of the State to guarantee justice and to secure the freedom of its citizens. On 10…
WSS Statement on the tragic cost of delay in rape investigations
The suicide of the minor dalit girl in Kunduli of Koraput district in Odisha on 22 January is a moment of reckoning for everyone fighting against the heinous crime of violence against women. She had accused four security personnel of…
IAPL Statement on issues raised by the four judges
The Indian Association of People’s Lawyers applauds the courageous step taken by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court in placing, before “we, the people” as the ultimate authority, the impasse that has been created by the refusal of…
