In a constitutional democracy, the joke is really on ‘we the people of India’, that a humourless mob is empowered by the complicity of the State, to initiate vigilante action against those exercising their right to constitutionally protected speech which the mob arbitrarily deems offensive. Groundxero | March 25, 2025 PUCL has condemned the targeting […]
Under the Rule of Law and principles of natural justice, People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands accountability from state agencies for the unlawful incarceration and subsequent death of Saibaba through relegation to inhuman prison conditions and callous and active neglect. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) mourns the death of activist, teacher […]
The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) salutes Dr. G N Saibaba who was a fighter for the poor, the marginalized and the downtrodden. A person with disability, Saibaba had certain pre-existing health conditions. He was implicated in false cases by the State. The long incarceration in the anda cell of the Nagpur jail in […]
A month after Union home minister Amit Shah gave police forces a two-year deadline to eliminate left-wing extremism across India, NIA sleuths on Tuesday morning raided the houses of well known activists across West Bengal. Groundxero | October 1, 2024 National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials along with the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal […]
An Open Letter to CJI on RG Kar Rape and Murder September 15, 2024 To The Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud Supreme Court, India Subject: Citizen Petition in the RG Kar Rape and Murder Case Asking for Effective Legal Directives Addressing Sexual Violence and Police Repression This letter has been […]
Over 700 concerned citizens have written an open letter to the National Commission of Women (NCW) to ensure strong action against Prajwal Revanna, HD Revanna and others involved in the horrific sexual violence case. The letter demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologize for seeking votes for a known serial sexual abuser like Mr. Prajwal Revanna. […]
COORDINATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS (CDRO) Press Release 19th April, 2024 On the 16th of April, at least 29 Maoists were killed by the security forces at the Kanker-Narayanpur border of Chhattisgarh. Though the government agencies have reported the killing of these Maoists as an encounter, the killings of 29 persons on one […]
Groundxero | 3rd February, 2024 In a press statement, released on 2nd February, 2024, over 250 activists, academicians, lawyers, and concerned citizens expressed solidarity with rights activist and former IAS officer Harsh Mander and condemned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s raids at his home and his office as being part of a “vindictive witch hunt”. The […]
By Press Release 9 November, 2023 STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR FREE PALESTINE! OPPOSE ZIONIST AGGRESSION & GENOCIDAL WAR! UPHOLD THE RIGHT TO RESISTANCE OF THE PALESTINIANS! A genocide is unfolding in Gaza, and it is hardly a surprise that the racist Zionist state of Israel executes the first genocide of the twenty […]
PUCL Maharashtra condemns the arrest of two young Mumbai activists, Ruchir and Supreeth by the Mankhurd Police last night, in connection with a protest against the Israeli government’s ongoing violent attacks impacting civilians in Palestine, in line with similar protests taking place in multiple locations globally and in the country. October 14, 2023 […]
1 February, 2023: The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has issued the following statement: This year’s budget has been no different as far as the disabled community is concerned. They continue to be condemned to the margins and neglected, high sounding rhetoric like “inclusive India” notwithstanding. In comparison to […]
Forum Against Corporatization And Militarization (FACAM), in a statement, issued on 9th November 2022, condemns in harshest tone, the demolition of houses and attack on villagers of Dhinkia by Corporate-State goons and extends solidarity to their heroic anti- mining struggle against Jindal Steel Work. On 22nd of October, 2022, according to villagers and activists […]
Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. G.N. Saibaba, in a press statement termed the death of Pandu Narote, a 35-year young Adivasi implicated by the State and imprisoned for life, along with Dr. G.N. Saibaba, as ‘custodial death’, caused due to utter negligence of Nagpur Central Jail authorities. While condemning vehemently the custodial […]
The Forum against Corporatisation and Militarisation held a press conference at the Press Club of India on 30/03/2022. Activists from Anti Mining and Anti Camp movement from Silger of Chhattisgarh, Parasnath of Jharkhand’s Giridih, Surjagarh of Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli, Lalsu Nogoti, Zilla Parishad Member of Gadchiroli, Rights activist and prominent Gandhian Himanshu Kumar and Independent Journalist […]
Hundreds of disabled persons were arbitrarily detained while they were proceeding to Chennai from different parts of Tamil Nadu to participate in a demonstration before the state secretariat demanding an enhancement in the amount of disability “pension”. The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled People (NPRD) has strongly condemned the action of the […]