The People’s Union for Democratic Rights on Thursday released a report on factory fires claiming lives of workers in Delhi, highlighting that most units where fires occur have no licences or permissions to operate, whether it is from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Chief Inspector of Factories, Labour Department, Electricity authorities, or the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Thus, numerous workers …
People's Union for Democratic Rights has demanded that the enquiry on sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi should not be proceeded in the absence of the Complainant. Endorsed by, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Mumbai Nari Samata Manch, Pune North East Network, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland Labia – A Queer Feminist LBT Collective Mumbai Saheli Women's Resource Center, New …
Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on the arrest of the five activists in the Bhima-Koregaon case, the civil rights organization People’s Union for Democratic Rights, reiterated the “obvious flaws" and "possibilities of misuse” in the Unlawful Activities Act. In a 2:1 majority judgment, the Supreme Court, on 28 September, declined to set up a Special Investigation Team, allowing Pune police …
Much has been spoken of the ‘civil society’ in the wake of the raids by the Pune Police in connection with the violence at Bhima Koregaon and an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Modi. As per PUDR’s website, “The CDRO arose in the context of the violent state repression of people’s movements in India as well as the arrest …