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 […]
PUCL strongly condemned turning of a blind-eye by the Narendra Modi government to the inhuman and degrading treatment of Indians deportees from USA, which is violative of the Constitution’s promise of equality and dignity. Groundxero | Feb 23, 2025 People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), in a press statement, expressed shock at both the Indian […]
The mainstream media has described his remarks as controversial, contentious, or unbecoming of a HC judge etc., but in reality they are nothing short of hate speech against the Muslims, and hence criminal in nature. By Anil Kumar 10 Dec., 2024 Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting Judge of the Allahabad High Court, […]
The Indian State’s attack on a renowned cultural, trade union and human rights activist, like Kaladas Dahriya, has only one purpose: to criminalise everyday activism and cause a larger chilling effect. The immediate reason behind this crackdown is that Kaladas, along with various civil society organisations in Bhilai, under the banner of Jan Sangarsh Morcha, […]
PUCL said that the conviction of Medha Patkar for defamation is a timely reminder of the serious danger that the criminal law on defamation poses for human rights activists, environmental activists, anti-corruption activists and whistleblowers. Groundxero | July 05, 2024 A Delhi Court has convicted Medha Patkar, one of India’s most renowned social activists, […]
PUCL urges union government to amend the new criminal law for clarification on duration of police custody beyond 15 days. PUCL said that “Any extension of police custody beyond 15 days is a serious incursion in the rule of law and the criminal justice system.” Groundxero | July 05, 2024 After the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha […]
নোটায় ভোট বেশি পড়লে নতুন করে ভোট নেওয়ার জন্য আইন করার দাবিও তোলা দরকার। যেমন দরকার একটা নির্দিষ্ট সময়ের মধ্যে নির্বাচিত প্রার্থী তার নির্বাচনী প্রতিশ্রুতি না রাখলে তাকে ফিরিয়ে আনার অধিকারের (রাইট টু রিকল) জন্য আন্দোলন করা। সেই রাস্তায় না গিয়ে ‘নোটায় কোনও ভোট নয়’ বলে আওয়াজ তুললে লাভ কার? লিখলেন নীলাঞ্জন দত্ত। এবারের […]
Seema Azad – a human rights activist and President of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) chapter of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a poet, author and an independent journalist, was recently in Kolkata to attend the 6th Kolkata People’s Literary Festival. She is the editor of a monthly non-commercial magazine ‘Dastak Naye Samay Ki’. A […]
It is no coincidence that 95% of the political leaders targeted by the ED under the Modi government are from the opposition. Groundxero | March 22, 2024 People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) calling it an example of […]
Groundxero | 20th October, 2023 The People’s Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) has expressed its deep disappointment with respect to the verdict of the Supreme Court of India denying the right to marry to the LGBTQI community. PUCL termed the judgement as a setback to the wider human rights movement and liberalisation of social […]
A call to the people of India for solidarity with agitating Adivasis to halt repression by Police and Company Sponsored Goons in South Odisha. 29th August, 2023 “Save Our Sacred Lands and Mountains!! Stop Their Destruction in the Name of Development!” ***** PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES Appeal In the wake […]
The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) has issued a press statement condemning the Manipur Police for registering an FIR against a three-women member fact-finding inquiry enquiry team which recently visited various parts of the ethnic violence-hit state of Manipur and reported on the ground situation in the state. The fact-finding team consisted of Annie […]
PUCL strongly condemns the brutal manner by which the Delhi Police forcibly arrested the women wrestlers today, 28th May, 2023, as they prepared to go from Jantar Mantar where they have been protesting peacefully since 23rd April, 2023, to the ‘Mahila Samman Mahapanchayat’ near the new Parliament Building. Without any sense of respect to their […]
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), has expressed outrage and strongly condemned the cold-blooded shooting down of gangster-politician, Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed, on 15 April, in the presence of armed policemen and media. The human rights organisation has raised a series of questions about the role of the police in the […]
29th September 2022 *Operation Octopus: Undermining Democracy* *PUCL condemns the Mass Raids, the Arrests of PFI leadership and cadre and the Ban on the PFI* The PUCL is deeply concerned about the implications for democracy and the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and association in the light of the ongoing `Operation […]