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The People's Union for Civil Liberties has intervened in a plea before the Calcutta High Court regarding the condition of prisons in West Bengal, intending to improve living conditions for prisoners.While the matter has been an ongoing public interest litigation since 2017, the issue came to the fore when a lawyer mentioned a plea pertaining to the pregnancies of female …

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka Chapter, is holding a talk by author and activist Bhanwar Meghwanshi on his journey as a human rights activist. Meghwanshi, who is also the president of PUCL-Rajasthan chapter, published his book “I could not be Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS”, translated from Hindi to English by Nivedita Menon, …

Manipur Crisis | People’s Union for Civil Liberties PUCL calls for immediate end to Manipur violence

Published : Jul 31, 2023 18:06 IST - 1 MIN READ The People’s Union for Civil Liberties has issued a series of demands and appeals to address the ongoing conflict in Manipur. The PUCL also demands that the State and central governments take action to address the prevalence of hate speech on social media and the breakdown of constitutional machinery …

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India rejected a request to stop a ‘Mahapanchayat’ planned by Hindu organisations in Purola, Uttarakhand. — ANI June 14, 2023 This comes a day after the controversial civil society outfit People’s Union of Civil Liberties wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud alleging that the minority community in the region …

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The People’s Union for Civil Liberties on Monday wrote a letter to the Director General of Police of Maharashtra, Rajnish Seth, asking what action has been taken on incidents of hate speech arising out of the rallies, pursuant to orders by the Supreme Court directing a case of promoting enmity between religious groups should be registered. The letter states, “Overwhelming …

The People’s Union of Civil Liberties on Wednesday demanded an impartial investigation into the killing of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district. Warishe had written about banners with photographs of a local land dealer with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a Marathi daily, Mahanagri Times. The local residents have …

‘Civil liberties have deteriorated in State’

Civil liberties have deteriorated in Karnataka over the last few years, human rights and civil rights activists in the State contend. And there is a collusion between these two forces,” said Arvind Narrain, president, People’s Union of Civil Liberties, Karnataka. Ever since Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made the infamous “action-reaction” statement to defend moral policing last year, several fringe Hindutva …

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The People’s Union for Civil Liberties has strongly condemned the recent attack on author Salman Rushdie in New York. In a statement issued on Sunday, the organisation said the Indian-born author has stood throughout his life for the right to artistic expression, to speak truth to power, and to offend, shock and disturb. Quoting the author, the statement said “nobody …

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra Government if there was any breach of security when video calls were allowed for prison inmates during the pandemic, while hearing a PIL filed by the Peoples Union of Civil Liberties seeking resumption of the video calling facility. The bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice VG Bisht directed to …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the State of Nagaland, six weeks to report back as to how it proposed to implement 33% reservation for women in Municipalities and Town Councils.The directions were issued by bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh while considering a petition by a Peoples Union for Civil Liberties and woman activist Rosemary Dvuchu …

Documenting 39 instances of attacks on members of the Christian community this year, a report by People’s Union of Civil Liberties on ‘Hate crimes on Christians in Karnataka, 2021’ has alleged that all recent attacks on members of the community were perpetrated by Hindutva organisations. “Almost in every instance of mob violence studied in this report, it can be observed …

The People's Union for Civil Liberties has moved the Supreme Court challenging the offence of Sedition, punishable under Section 124-A IPC. In fact, the judgment fails to analyze the provision on following counts: Constituent Assembly Debates related to Sedition Development & interpretation of Article 19 and reasonable restrictions under Article 19 Relevancy of the provision in independent India Proximate nexus …

The People's Union for Civil Liberties has moved the Supreme Court expressing concern over dilution of the "Rule of Law" in view of the "shocking" Vikas Dubey encounter case. An application has been filed before the Court, seeking constitution of a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged police encounter of Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides, Amar Dubey …