Release 8 Arrested Activists of Damkondawahi, Maharashtra
On 20th November 2023, at the Press Club of India, Delhi, FACAM held a Press Conference cum Public Discussin themed "Anti-Displacement Movement & State Repression” which was opened by its…
Human Rights
A Duty to Obey: David McBride, Whistleblowing and Following Orders
The unpardonable, outrageous trial of Australian whistleblower David McBride was a brief affair. On November 13, it did not take long for the brutal power of the Commonwealth to become…
CASR Condemns Arrest of Brijesh Kushwaha And His Pregnant Wife Prabha Kushwaha
On October 18, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested activists Brijesh Kushwaha of the Mazdoor Kisan Ekta Manch and Prabha Kushwaha of the Savitri Bai Phule Sangharsh Samiti. Both…
PUCL : “Withdraw the prosecution against Arundhati Roy & Showkat Ali”
The PUCL condemns the decision of the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena to grant Delhi Police sanction to prosecute writer Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, (former Professor of International…
Condemn the NIA’s raid in Andhra-Telangana to suppress democratic voices critical of war of corporate plunder
On 2nd October, 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids across various locations belonging to various democratic and pro-people activists in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The organisations that have…
PUCL Condemns NIA Raids on Human Rights Defenders and Rights Organisation in AP and Telangana
PUCL strongly condemns and deplores the raids by NIA officials on 02nd October, 2023 at 62 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states and the arrest of one person in…
PUCL Condemns The Raid of the House of Seema Azad
*The PUCL demands the closure and halting of investigation of the NIA FIR, RC-01/2023/NIA/LKW, based on which raids in 8 locations of 5 districts of UP were undertaken today* *All…
Condemn the NIA raid on Democratic, Farmer student and anti-displacement activists in East Uttar Pradesh
Since the morning of 5th September 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been raiding the offices of Bhagat Singh Students Morcha (BSM) in Benaras Hindu University. Simultaneously, NIA has…
Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan activist Nitin arrested in Burhanpur
In the continuing assault on Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan, on 28.08.23, Nitin, an activist of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan has been arrested after being implicated in a false case. This…
25 persons have been arrested in last three weeks in the three districts – Such arrests are for mining bauxite of Vedanta Co., Adani Co. and HINDALCO
Provocative incidents are being instigated with the help of local police so that the protesting villagers could be arrested. Even though Adivasi people of these areas do not want development, the…
The killing of Arjun and a father’s bid for justice
In a stirring speech to his fellow lawyers on the occasion of Independence Day, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, underscored the importance of eliminating the barriers to accessing justice…
Withdraw UAPA cases against leaders, activists and supporters of the movement led by Niyamgiri Surakhya Samiti
SUB: Withdrawal of UAPA cases against leaders, activists and supporters of the movement led by Niyamgiri Surakhya Samiti and unconditional release of Krushna Sikaka. On 5th August, 2023 two youth…
Release A.Vasu Unconditionally
The 94-year-old Ayinoor Vasu, a veteran communist, trade union leader and human rights activist has been arrested and sent to jail on July 29, 2023 in connection with a protest…
After two years, Land Rights activist Comrade Batakrushna Swain is released from Jail!
Convenor of Upakuliya Jami o Jangal Surakhya Samiti (Coastal Land and Forest Protection Committee) and leading activist of Sipasarubali Land Rights Movement, Comrade Batakrushna Swain, was released after two years…
Ahead of Independence Day, India Should Release Several Wrongly Arrested Activists
India has a very rich tradition of opposing wrongly arrested persons, going back to the days of the freedom movement, when hundreds of thousands of freedom fighters including such legendary…
Stop Criminalising Human Rights Work in Manipur: PUCL
PUCL Demands from the Manipur Government: Stop Criminalising Human Rights Work! Respect the fundamental rights of citizens to conduct Fact Finding Enquiries and publish their reports for public discussion. Immediately…
Canada Decodes Law and Justice to Torture Prisoners in Solitary Confinement: The Case of Mohammad Momin Khawaja
Imagine that you are incarcerated for 20 years of which you had spent 1400 days in a solitary cell having no contacts with anyone except your prison guard. Imagine that…
Fabricated charges on Brazil Peasant Leader Luzivaldo de Souza Araújo and brother Roelio
Democrats worldwide should in no uncertain terms defend the freedom of Brazilian peasant Luzivaldo de Souza Araújo, 42 years old, and his brother Robélio, 30 years old.They are languishing behind…
Human Rights’ Precise Violation in Sub-judice Matters: Some Reflections
by Dr Mohit Kumar Gupta & Ashish Kumar Singh Human Rights are the ‘legal soul’ of an individual. If perhaps they could be made ‘soul’ only. The violation of these…
Condemn the raid on activists in Jharkhand by NIA
CASR vehemently condemns the raid on anti-displacement activist Damodar Turi, Jailed Journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh and Majdoor Sangthan Samiti (MSS) activists Bacha Singh, Nageshwar Mahto, and Sanjay Turi. On 2th…
The Human Rights Situation in the Indian Sub Continent
An unabridged version of the Presentation made in the 36th session of UNHRC Mr.President, I come from a Tamil culture which proclaims to the world யா A ஊேர யாவ¶A ேகளnJ…
Poor work conditions, non-compliance with Constitutional provisions seriously impact adolescent girls in workforce
“We the People of India” – the Preamble to our Constitution begins with the promise that it represents the entire country. The ground reality, however, represents a stark contrast. The…
Tribal woman murdered after rape in Rohtas and strong protest demanding punishment of culprits
A tribal woman was murdered after rape in Nagatoli village of Rohtas by forest department officials and later murdered. A huge contingent of tribal women and men thronged in the…
Condemn NIA raid on residence of Advocate Ansar Indori
On the 18th of February 2023, Human Rights Lawyer Ansar Indori’s house was raided by NIA in Kota, Rajasthan. Ansar Indori has been targetted because he sought to provide legal…
Aerial Bombings in Chhattisgarh: CDRO Fact Finding Team Stopped
Condemn the State’s undemocratic action of denying passage to CDRO Fact Finding Team for inquiry into Aerial Bombings in Chhattisgarh! Resist the attempt to create a war without witnesses in…
Condemn Torture of Shiv Kumar , Demand Action
People’s Union for Democratic Rights welcomes the findings of the report submitted by the District and Sessions Judge, Faridabad into the illegal detention and brutal torture of labour rights activist,…
UPR IV: Turns the talk of the commons
In a clearly visible that, the word Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has been pronounced only by…
COP27: Rainbow in the Dark — Alaa and Peaceful Dissenters!
It is the fall of 2022. Close to 33,000 delegates across the world are in Egypt. Not in Cairo, Giza, or Alexandria, but across the Gulf of Suez in Sharm…
Release Alaa Abd el-Fattah
The on-going high profile international get together of presidents and prime ministers, top leaders, policy-makers and experts at the climate change conference of COP27 at the Red Sea Resort at…
Undemocratic inquiry of social-political activist Comrade Baban Thoke
Baban Thoke is an activist of Revolutionary Workers' Party of India (RWPI), who has been active in the Mankhurd-Govandi region of Mumbai for last many years. He was the candidate…
Legitimate Rights of Victims
Time the ruling dispensation decides whether it is committed to rule of law and protection of rights of victims and survivors of heinous crimes or their perpetrators ? Truth has…
Torture is unconstitutional in criminal jurisprudence
Article 21 which is Part III of the Indian Constitution secures both Right to life as well as the Right to personal liberty stating “no person shall be deprived of…
Annihilation of Human Rights in Indian Jails: The Demise of Altaf Ahmad Shah
The unfortunate and avoidable demise of jailed Kashmiri leader Altaf Ahmad Shah is really shocking, sad and speaks volumes about the continued insensitivity of the Indian Govt towards political prisoners.…
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Condemn the Death of Altaf Ahmad Shah
Jailed under-trial leader Altaf Ahmad Shah (66) is dead. His death does not come as a surprise. By the time Mr Shah was diagnosed with advanced renal cancer on 30th…
Shift Altaf Ahmad Shah to AIIMs Delhi immediately
Altaf Ahmad Shah, a political undertrial prisoner lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since 2017, is currently battling for his life in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), Delhi. His cancer diagnosis,…
Urgent medical attention and bail sought for student leader Atiq-ur-Rehman
A Statement by Concerned Citizens and Representatives of Civil Liberties’ Organizations 20th Sep, 2022: More than 35 concerned citizens and representatives of civil liberties’ organisations in India have sought the…
Brutalizing women political prisoners in the Philippines: A glimpse of the Marcos-Duterte spectacle of horrors
In his classic “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte,” Karl Marx amends Hegel’s quip on history repeating itself, first as tragedy and then as farce (1986 97). With the…
Worldwide protests against incarceration of political prisoners in India
The democratic community of Europe expressed its heartfelt condolences to the fascist repression unleashed on the Indian people, particularly on the untimely demise of Comrade Pandu Naroti, an Adivasi who…
Why did Siddique Kappan get bail?
Siddique Kappan got bail from the Supreme Court. This is so good and relaxing. I met Siddique Kappan many years ago. He is a very honest person. Sending them to…
APDR condemns the rape culture and inexhaustible powers vested in BSF
Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) expresses its shock and horror at the order by the ASI S P Chero of Border Security Force (BSF) of 68 Battalion to…
It’s All Political: Julian Assange Appeals his Extradition
Julian Assange’s legal team has taken its next step along their Via Dolorosa, filing an appeal against the decision to extradite their client to the United States to face 18…
Pandu Narote’s death is a perfect illustration of neo-fascist murder by the State
Pandu Narote, who was framed d along with former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for Maoist links, died on Thursday…
Lost Yet Connected in Time: Brown, Peltier, Melaku-Bello, Abu-Jamal, and Assange
No, because the face of a little girl in Bangladesh, or a little boy in Cambodia, and the thought of a nuclear blast going off close enough to them for…
Myanmar: Executing Dissent
The execution of four well-known democracy activists by the military junta in Myanmar in June 2022 has angered and incensed those who cherish freedom and justice all over the world. …
Why Injustice to Himanshu Kumar Will be Exceptionally Harmful for Democracy
The case of social activist Himanshu Kumar is attracting widespread concern as it is widely believed that something exceptionally unjust has happened, even when judged by recent standards. To capture…
Arrest of Rupesh Kumar and legal action against Himanshu Kumar is illustration of ascendancy of neo-fascism
Jharkhand's Saraikella Police arrested journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh from his house on July 17th, 2022 at noon. The police force along with magistrate attacked the house of Rupesh's at Ramgarh,…
Salute Association for Democratic Rights (APDR) on turning 50
Today we commemorate the 50th birth anniversary of the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) of West Bengal which is one of the oldest human rights organisations in India.…
Bernard Collaery’s War Against Secret Trials
In terms of labyrinthine callousness and indifference to justice, the treatment of lawyer Bernard Collaery by the Australian government must be slotted alongside that of another noted Australian currently being…
Foisting of Fresh Charges on Comrade Batakrushna Swain Is A Grave Travesty of Justice
Jan Adhikar Manch, a coalition of trade unions, democratic rights groups and other progressive forces in Odisha, strongly condemns the manner in which Comrade Batakrushna Swain was arbitrarily foisted…
Protest against the arrest of political prisoners
On April 8th at Sangrur the Kirti Kisan Union, Punjab Students Union, Naujwan Bharat Sabha and Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Commitee raised a protest demanding unconditional release of all the political…
Arbitrary travel bans on Rana Ayyub and Aakar Patel
PUCL condemns the arbitrary travel bans on Rana Ayyub and Aakar Patel, prominent critics of the Government. On 6th April, 2022, Aakar Patel, well known human rights activist and journalist,…
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022 attempts to make India a Police State
The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, intends to link demographic and biometric information with the identification of citizens in an attempt to make all the natural citizens of India to…
Shocking Truth of Prison Life
I had been in different jails, first in Sorda Sub-Jail, then in Brahmapur Circle Jail and later in Bhanjanagar Special Sub-Jail of Odisha, from mid-2011 to 2015, approximately three and…
Er Rashid: J&K’s Aam Aadmi is Now A Forgotten Hero
Once a popular leader, Er. Rashid has almost disappeared from news, particularly from mainstream media. Rashid comes from Langate area of Kupwara, a border district in Kashmir valley . Rashid…
Speaking Out!
How is anyone responsible for being born where he/she has been and the identity attached to his/her personality primarily because of his/her birth? Whatever is any person’s identity, why is…
American Sanctions on Human Rights Violators in Bangladesh: A Backlash to Bangladesh or China?
The frustration of those who lost hope of any retaliatory action against human rights violators in Bangladesh has finally been eased, at least partially, by the recent US Treasury Department's…
BKU(Ugrahan) observes human rights day by raising voice for the release of Intellectuals and the repeal of Draconian Laws
A most qualitative gathering of around 1000 persons was organised by the BKU (Ugrahan) on human rights day at Tikri border on December 10th, portraying the neo-fascist penetration in the…
Rally for jailed Indian scholars held on International Human Rights Day
In spite of rain and cold weather, South Asian activists gathered outside the Indian Visa and Passport Application Center in Surrey on Friday, December 10 to raise their voices for…
Human Rights Day in class context
Today, December 10, is Human Rights Day. The slogan of The Human Rights Day 2021 is All Human, All Equal. The slogan, the message the slogan carries, the spirit the…
Open Letter to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
“Selective” advocacy of Rights violations?” "When daily incidents of hate crimes, lynchings, caste atrocities and state violations become common place, Every egregious violation deserves our attention" Dear Sir, You had…
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