A
selection of articles, investigative reports, analysis and reports
from the PUCL archives
(We
are digging deep into our vast archives to bring you this bit
of PUCL history. Additions to this section will be made as and when
material is scanned and converted into digital format.
Our
thanks to Ms Kalpana Kannabiran for making the selections and Ms V SubbaLakshmi,
Ms P Sujatha of Asmita Resource Centre for Women, Hyderabad for preparing the
manuscript. Anshuman Jaiswal, Rajiv Kadambi, Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad
have to be thanked for sorting out and indexing.)
Last update June 28, 2003
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May
1981
First
issue
Academia
October 1981
Violence in Student Elections in Delhi
University
January
1982
State
repression against students in the aftermath of the anti-trader agitation in
Orissa - A report
February
1982
Perils
to academic freedom -- By Dalip S. Swamy
The AMU Crisis -- By Romila Thapar
The Gujarat ordinance - More Government control of affairs of the universities. -- By K. D. Desai
History studies and State patronage -- By Uma Chakravarti
University and the State -- By Manoranjan Mohanty
The Shackles within -- By Satish Saberwal
July
1995
Promise
of universal primary education not kept
February
- March 1997
Curbing university autonomy - By
R. M. Pal
September
1997
Universal primary education first
on the Prime Minster's agenda -- By R.M. Pal
October
1997
Universal primary education - Does
the government want an escape route?
December
1998
Amartya Sen's on the role of basic education
Children's
rights
December 1982
Education
is key to abolishing child labour
August
1987
Child prostitution in India-- By Sarika Misha
February
1996
Compulsory primary education for tackling the
problem of child labour -By R. M. Pal
November
1996
Exploitation
of children - Case studies
- By Shri Mahant Tiwari
August
1997
The
Rights oh the Child Convention and Right to Information - by: Joseph Gathia
May
1998
Child
labour: The education challenge
August
1998
Child
labour - The legal challenge - - by K. G. Kannabiran
Dalit
and tribal rights
October
1993
Atrocities
on dalits, A plea for remedial action
By Justice A. Varadarajan (retd.) and Prakash Ambedkar, MP
August
1984
A
comment on the reccomendations of the Mandal commission
January
1994
Untouchability and National Integration.
By V. Karuppan
Right to Earth. By Manoranjan Mohanty
August
1994
The
Mandal Commission Report. By Dinkar Sakrikar
October
1994
Bhanwari
Bai's brave struggle for justice. By Manimala
March
1995
Effort
to Uplift the Backward & Depressed is not Casteism. V. M. Tarkunde
April
1995
Human rights education and dalit children.
By Geetha B. Nambissan
September
1998
The Branded Tribes of India. By G.
N. Devi
June
1999
Dalits & Human Rights : The Battles
Ahead - I. By P. Sainath
July
1999
Dalits & Human Rights : The Battles
Ahead - II. By P. Sainath
August
1999
Dalits & Human Rights : The Battles
Ahead - III. By P. Sainath
October
1999
Disenfranchisement of the dalits
Growing Violence against Untouchables in India. A PUCL statement on a report.
Freedom
of religion/Communalism
August 1982
The
Dawoodi Bohra's. By Kalpana Sharma
August
1985
Fear of religious minorities
- By M. M. Thomas
September
1987
The Bohra High Priest and his oppressive
taxation system -- By Asghar Ali Engineer
October
1987
A perspective for muslims --
By Asgar Ali Engineer
October
1988
Religious
freedom under our constitution and social reform -- By H. M. Seervai
September
1992
Has
Kerala Lost Its Cosmopolitanism?
By George Matthew
May 1993
Bombay
Riots. By Asghar Ali Engineer
Communalism and the Human Rights. By V. M. Tarkunde
September
1993
Killings of Sikhs in 1984: can conscience
be stirred? By R. M. Pal
April
1995
Shiv
Sena: Intolerant of minorities. By R. M. Pal
February
1996
Supreme
court judgment: a blow to secular democracy. By V.
M. Tarkunde
May
1996
Perils
of canonising Bal Thackeray. By K. G. Kannabiran
August
1997
Agenda for Muslims in 21st Century.
By Dr. Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
September
1998
Hindutvavadi
and Communalism. By R. M. Pal
January
1999
Outlandish
and Illegal: Hindu prayers in government schools. By Rajinder Sachar
May 1999
Religiosity
in Politics Dangerous. By Rajinder Sachar
July
1999
Communalism:
The Cancerous Evil. By R. M. Pal
Gender justice and equality
May 1981
Baghpat
report supports oppression (Maya Tygai case)
August-september
1981
Why
the Hon'able Court must hear us. By Arun Shourie
Kamla Case: Trafficking of women
September
1982
Sex prediction tests and womens health -- By
Ritu Mehrotra & Raminder Bhatia
Dowry atrocities and the State
The Chipko movement and women -- By Gopa Joshi
From bondage to brothels -- By Majiri
Muslim women and civil rights -- By Shobha, Anuja
Sexual harassment -- By Deepti Mehrotra
Rape, class and the State -- By Uma Chakravati
August
1984
Working
women: Contradictions between reality and statistics
July
1988
Central Sati Act - An analysis by Maja Daruwala
October
1997
Indian
woman in a man's world
Human rights
June 1981
First J.P. Memorial Lecture by
Dada Dharmadhikari
State of human rights in India
September
1985
PUCL's
CIA connection
December
1992
The
strategy of fighting for civil liberties - By Nissim Ezekiel
June
1994
The
answer to terrorist violence is not state terrorism. By Rajinder Sachar
June
1997
Civil
liberties and security of VVIPs by R. M. Pal
Industries, environment, resettlement and workers rights, econimic rights
May 1981
Why
was Niyogi arrested
Patnaik
Released
December 1981
Seminar
on Bonded Labour
September
1982
The Chipko movement and women -- By Gopa Joshi
April
1985
Palamur migrant labour
in mica mining -- By Subrahmanyam
Science, environment and democratic rights -- By Vandana Shiva and J. Bandopadhayay
August
1999
Whether
Leather or Human Rights. By D. Benedict Thyagarajan
Law
and the judiciary
May 1981
NSA,
A weapon of repression
June 1981
Know
Your Rights: Your Right to Assemble and Demonstrate
July
1981
Judiciary
Under Executive Assault
Know your rights: If Your Mail is Intercepted
October
1981
Strike-ban
ordinance: A lawless law
December
1981
The
Judges' Case
January-February
1999
Repressive
laws . By K. G. Kannabiran
Media/Freedom
of information
December 1981
Onslaught
on Cultural Workers -- By Kanchan Kumar
June 1982
Mail
and Telephone Censorship
July
1981
Media and Civil Rights: A Perspective
July
1982
Repression
and control of the press
Repressive
measures against newspapers -
Some legal precedents
Bizarre censorship: A case study
A brief diary of attacks on the press
International review of press freedom
November
1986
The
right to know and the duty to inform. By Madan Lokur
August
1990
Things
to do about the Press. By Arun Shourie
April
1991
Freedom of Information and Expression in India.
Article 19 report.
May
1987
Right to Free Communication in Peril By Dr.
George Mathew
March
1999
A
lament for right to information
April
1999
Fear of Freedom
- Press Council's Judgement in H.K. Dua Case By R M Pal
Peace/Disarmament
----
Police
June 1981
Police
Firings- Aimed to Quash Protest
Table: police firings in India (1980-81)
Police
firings -- Case studies
Adilabad, Samastipur
Gua, Nipani, Dalli-Rajahara
Moradabad, Baghpat
To fire or not to fire, By K. F. Rustomji
Whither Police Violence, By Syed Shahahuddin
October
1981
Deaths
in police custody
Case studies of deaths in custody
Lethal custodians. By Arun Shourie
Lock-ups or Slaughter Houses? By N. K. Singh
Murder
in Meerut By Sudip Mazumdar
Death in police custody
December
1981
PUCL
Investigates Patna Firing -- By K. G. Kannabiran
June
1992
Police
and Human Rights. By V. M. Tarkunde
November
1995
Police
and the Rule of Law. By R. M. Pal
January
- February 1999
Continuing the Rowlatt frame work -- By K. G. Kannabiran
Prisons
and prisoner rights
May 1981
Anticipatory
Punishment
November 1981
Jails in India : An Investigation, By Raman
Nanda
Prison
Conditions Case Studies:
Tihar,
Delhi (By Sudip Mazumdar)
Arrah, Bihar
Sakchi, Jamshedpur
Prison conditions of Naxalites in Tamil Nadu (By Claude Alvares)
Table: Political prisoners serving life terms in Tamil Nadu jails
Prisoners Rights: Some Landmark Judgements
A Case for A National Prison Policy (By V. R. Krishna Iyar)
June
1982
'Insane' prisoners freed -- By Deepak Joshi
May
1996
Denial of voting rights to undertrials --
By Rajindar Sachar
December
1999
Delinquent
juveniles --By R. M. Pal
International
Poetry
June
1981
Poem:
Not to protect people. By Varavara Rao
Poem: Modern Times. By Bobby Sands