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Some
new publications
Academia
December
2002
Education,
Campuses, and Violence -- By Kalpana Kannabiran
August
Bhagalpur:
University teachers suspended for attending meeting for resettlement of
encroachers--
By Prabhakar Sinha, 19.06.2002
June
2002
Crackdown
on the Students, Youths and Cultural Activists at Faizabad, UP. By Y.
P. Chhibbar
Illegal
crackdown on student activists at "Ayodhya Convention" in Faizabad
- A report
Dalit
and tribal rights
December
2002
Police
atrocities on Dalits and Adivasis in Varanasi and neighbourhood areas
In U.P. -- A summary by Neelofar Haram
September
Bihar
State PUCL Report - Rape of three adivasi girls
August
Bihar
PUCL Report - Killing of Dalits at Bhadaura, PS Masaurhi, Patna
June
2002
National
Commission for SC & ST wants to know why an upper cast landlord's
"bonded labourer escaped without clearing his dues" ? By
Jai Singh, President, Dalit Daastaa Virodhi Andolan
Police
and State atrocities on Dalits in Varanasi, UP
Interim Report by the Indian People's Tribunal
Brutal
police beating and illegal detention of dalit in Varanasi
By People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR)
May 2002
Chitrakoot
PUCL, UP; Murder of
Dalit leader, Harish Chandra and assault on Dalit households -
A fact finding report
April 2002
The
Bhopal Dalit Declaration
By Kancha Ilaiah
March 2002
Gang
rape of a Dalit girl. A letter.
Freedom
of religion/Communalism
Gujarat
violence - Crime Against Humanity - A new report by: The Concerned Citizens
Tribunal Gujarat 2002, Published on November 22, 2002
In
the absence of normalcy, assembly elections should not be held now,
22 July 2002
Gujarat:
A tale of Maretha Riot affected Persons., July 20, 2002. By PUCL - Shanti
Abhiyan
Violence
in Vadodara; A Report by People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) - Vadodara
and Vadodara Shanti Abhiyan June 26, 2002
AT
THE RECEIVING END: Women's Experiences of Violence in Vadodara (PDF 29
pages) Report by: PUCL, Vadodara and Vadodara Shanti Abhiyan published
June 26, 2002
Narendra
Modi Must Go, April 2002
Appeal
from the Citizens of Gujarat
By Prof. D. N. Pathak, March 2002
CARNAGE
IN GUJARAT - A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
Report of the investigation by Medico Friend Circle, 13th May 2002
'Maaro!
Kaapo! Baalo!' State,Society, and communalism in Gujarat.
A report by PUDR, Delhi, May 2002 (In pdf format)
Letter
to the President of India written on the occasion of Baroda Ekta Diwas
(13 May 2002)
The
Day My Spirit Died. By J. S. Bandukwala
November
2002
Secular parties
should strive to halt the growing communalism
-- By Asghar Ali Engineer
An
appeal by PUCL. By K. G. Kannabiran
Keep
Peace in Gujarat, says Human Rights Watch
Workshop
on 'Challenge of Communalism' disrupted - Magsaysay Awardee and Former
Vice- Chancellor arrested -- UP-PUCL President condemns police action
September
2002
Gujarat
violence - concern over plight of women victims -- By Neelofar Haram
Elections
in Gujarat: A dismal record of grassroots democracy --
By George Mathew
Elections
in Gujarat:The
people can provide the answers -- By Surendra Mohan
Artists'
forum demands justice for victims of violence in Gujarat
Act
now to prevent Gujarat-like violence in Kodagu - By Syed Shahabuddin,
July 2002
M.
A. Thomas National Human Rights Award for Shri Harsh Mander
August
Police
high-handed behaviour on 9th-10th June in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
July
2002
Karnataka
PUCL - Anatomy of a Communal Riot in Kodagu
Gujarat
is burning: A
letter to the President by P.S. Appu, Rtd. IAS, April 28, 2002
June 2002
Report
of the Concerned Citizens' Tribunal on Gujarat
Gujarat
and the Rule of Law. By Amrik Singh
Save
Mallika, Expose the Villains -- By K. Satchidanandan and others, May 12,
2002
Human
Rights Watch report on Gujarat: May 2002
"We Have No Orders to Save You"
Imminent
fear of refugee camps in Gujarat being closed
Dastardly
Killings in Jammu. By Y. P. Chhibbar
Terrorist
Attacks are an Attack on Human Rights. By Y. P. Chhibbar
The
Importance of Rama In Arabian Culture. By CTR Wilson, Saidabad, Hyderabad
500 020
April 2002
Gujarat:
Engineered holocaust. By Prof. D. N Pathak
Role
of the media during Gujarat carnage. By PUCL Vadodara & Shanti Abhiyan
Women's
perspectives on the violence in Gujarat. PUCL Vadodara
Violence
in Gujarat. Report by Citizens' Initiative on Violence
CPI
(M) and AIDWA on Violence in Gujarat
March
2002
Genocide
in Gujarat: An open letter to the president of India. By K. G. Kannabiran,
President PUCL, March 2002
Bereft
of employment daily wage labourers on the verge of starvation. By Gujarat
PUCL & Shanti Abhiyan. March 20, 2002
Interim
report to NHRC. By PUCL Gujarat, Mar 21, 2002
Carnage
in Gujarat - Press statement by Dr. Y. P. Chhibbar
Urgent
appeal from citizens of Gujarat & India
Horrifying
violence in Gujarat condemned -Statement by Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry
PUCL
Violence
in Gujarat: Memorandum to the President, Prime Minister of India, NDA
Allies, Leader of the Opposition Party, and Members of Parliament and
the Human Rights' Commission By PUCL Baroda, 17 March 2002
Kerala:
Court Rejects 'Anti-National' Charge Against human rights leader
January
2002
Malegaon
Riots - A New Era of Violence By Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer (Malegoan, Maharashtra)
Gender
justice and equality
January 2003
Human
rights violations against sexuality minorities in India
- A report by PUCL Karnataka
Muslim
Widows, A Case Study in Delhi By Neelofer Haram
Police
intrusion into SANGAMA, Bangalore, Letter
September
2002
Domestic Violence
(DV) Bill: New proposals by government will not protect women's rights
(Brinda Karat's speech at AIDWA, Chennai,. 9th May 2002
-- Reported by Sudha Ramalingam)
June 2002
Indian
Muslim Law and Muslim Women
- By S.M. Daud
Polygamy
in Islam - Concept and Practice. By Asghar Ali Engineer
High
Court Judgement: Safeguards against reckless divorces
May 2002
A
letter by Syed Shahabuddin;
Muslim objections to the women's
reservation bill
March 2002
Some
Thoughts on Education and Muslim Women By Neelofer Haram
Dowry
death in Karnataka
February 2002
Women:
A long Way To Go. By Neelofar Haram
Gender
inequality and Development in Society By Pushkar Raj
Obituary:
Pramila Dandavate
Womens'
role in human rights and peace in the northeast By Dr. N Vijaylakshmi
Brara
Human
rights
December
2002
A
new beginning in Kashmir -- By Asghar Ali Engineer
Obituary
- Annada Sankar Ray & Kaloji Narayan
November
2002
SICHREM
report - Housewife brands a two-year old infant with an iron spatula
National
Human rights Commission hearing -
Cremations of victims of disappearances and custodial killings in Punjab
-
Demand respect for facts, accountability and end to impunity
Human
rights in peril -- By Y.P. Chhibbar
Remembering
JP -- By Y. P. Chhibbar
Where
will corruption take India? - By N.S. Venkataraman
September
2002
Do
we really adhere to the rule of law? --
By Sudha Ramalingam
PUCL
plea for establishment of UP State Human Rights Commission
Karnataka:
Attack on D'Sa condemned
Arrest
of Nepalese activists in New Delhi condemned
Obituary
Krishan Kant
Fali
Nariman To Get Justice Prize
August
Bihar
PUCL Report - Killing of Rajasthani labourers at Dilian, Bhojpur
PUCL
seminar on terrorism, human rights & POTA at Barauni, Begusarai
-- By Neeraj Kumar
Murder
of Prem Kumar Srivastava
Attempt
on the life of P.B. D'Sa, Mangalore condemned
Delhi
PUCL: Anti emergency day
Humorous
Angle of Politics -- Celebrations, Political 'Business' By Y.P. Chhibbar
July
Police
Atrocities on the Villagers of Harbhanga, District Boudh. Report by Cuttack
& Dhenkanal Branches, Orissa.
Bihar
State PUCL report into the abduction and assault of C.P.I. ML (Liberation)
Leader by Poornamasi Ram, Minister for Food & Supply. By Prabhakar
Sinha and Kishori Das.
Jharkhand
PUCL: First state convention
Obituary:
J.R. Sahni Passes Away
P.G.
Mavalankar Passes Away
June
2002
Attack on Human
Rights Defenders in Varanasi, UP
By Dr. Lenin, Co-ordinator,
People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
Is
'Govt the Executive of Capitalists?' By Rajindar Sachar, May 7, 2002
May
2002
People's
Union for Civil Liberties (J&K State)
Press Statement (26 March 2002) - Arrest
of Yasin Malik condemned.By Balraj Puri
Should
We Maintain a Calendar of Disorder? By k. G. Kannabiran
PIL
by Kerala PUCL; Supreme court stops fraud
April 2002
Civil
Liberties, an African perspective
JP Memorial lecture by Justice Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob, a judge of the
Constitutional Court, South Africa
PWG
and Andhra govt' urged to cease armed action or violent activities
PUCL
branches inaugurated in Uttaranchal and Dumka
Access
to water, a fundamental right
March
2002
Draconian
Moves. By Kuldip Nayar
A
dialog with the national human rights commission
PUCL
Jamshedpur observes international Human Rights Day
PUCL
activists' workshop held in Jamshedpur
President
of India under perpetual attack. By R. M. Pal
Obituary;
Shri M.A. Latif
January
2002
Economic
rights, womens rights, political rights and other challenges,
A symposium (Patna, Bihar)
Two
challenging years: PUCL (Delhi) General Secretary's Report for Sept. 1999
to Nov. 2001. By Gopa Joshi
PUCL,
Delhi state convention 2001 report
Ranchi
& Jamshedpur Demand to form a state human rights commission in Jarkhand:
February
2002
Sonipat,
Haryana: besahaaraa insaan kaa ghar enquiry:
Demolition of destitute care home sparks outrage. PUCL report.
Human
Rights Record of Uttar Pradesh, November & December 2001
Industries,
environment and resettlement
December
2002
Right
To Food Campaign update - Chief Secretaries to be held accountable for
starvation deaths
November 2002
Varanasi
PUCL report - Starvation and famine conditions in Chandauli
The
struggle against Coca Cola in Kerala
October
2002
Decentralized
development in Uttarakhand -- by K.N. Bhatt
September 2002
Amnesty
International calls for an enquiry into police brutality in the Maan Valley,
Madhya Pradesh
October 2002
PUCL
(Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry) - Fact finding report into the land situation
in Gudalur taluka, Nilgiris district
September
2002
The
adivasi struggle for land rights at Koel-Karo - Jharkhand PUCL
Report on Killing of eight tribal villagers police firing at Tapkara Jharkhand
on 02.02.2001
Punjab
Govt. Commission for closure of World Bank funded health care project
-- By Vineeta Gupta
August
2002
Cleansed
by the sweat of the poor - A report from Karnataka on the strugle by Bangolore
municipal cleaning workers for justice
UP-Uttaranchal
PUCL: Right to development is a human right - Writ
petition in Uttaranchal
Loss
of economic and political sovereignty of "We the People of India"
by globalisation. -- By Ravi Kiran Jain
July 2002
Globalisation
and Human Rights -- By Pushkar Raj
Kerala:
Police crack down at a anti-Coke agitation - State PUCL General Secretary
Vilayody Venugopal and 100 Others Arrested
June
2002
Bonded
Labour in Carpet Industry: Emancipated
workers seek help
By People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR)
Bonded
labour in brick kiln: Workers and families held in bondage
By People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
Bonded
labourers from Musahar community in danger
By People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
Chhattisgarh
PUCL memo - Attack on human rights at Nagarnar on 10th March 2002. by
Dr. Binayak Sen
May 2002
Nagarnar
Steel Plant: Police terror on villagers protesting acquisition of their
land. By -- Dr Binayak Sen, State Convener
April
2002
Rajesthan:
Famine Deaths Writ update
March
2002
Police
and administration's atrocities on quake victims and social activists
in Bhachau on january 25, 2002. Gujarat PUCL report
January 2002
Uttaranchal:
Rehabilitation of people uprooted from the Tehri dam area: What is
the reality? A PUCL report.
Law and the judiciary
December
2002
Tamil
Nadu- Oppose the amendment to increase the period of police custody --
By V. Suresh, General Secretary, 6.11.2002
November
2002
PUCL
response to questionnaire by the Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice
System
Protest
against new POTO-like ordinance in Arunachal Pradesh
PUCL
UP efforts to set up State Human Rights Commission bear fruit -- By Neelofar
Haram
Handling
of a harassment case by Kerala State Human Rights Commission is questioned
October
2002
What
the people expect from the new President -- By Mahi Pal Singh
September 2002
Is
a fair trial possible under POTA ? -- A letter by Gautam Navlakha, Kumar
Sanjay Singh, Tripta Wahi, Vijay Singh
PUCL
UP press release: Attorney General's appearance in court in "personal
capacity" was improper
Electoral
reforms
- Letter to George Fernandes,
Convenor, NDA, New Delhi, July 18, 2002
Mulayam
Singh Chastises The President -- By Y.P. Chhibbar
Politicisation
of Criminals --
By Rajindar Sachar
August
Judicial
accountability -- By Rajindar Sachar
June 2002
Supreme
Court Landmark Judgement -For Clean Elections
April
2002
Secrecy
is Central to Voting.
By Rajinder Sachar
Politics
and Ordinance Making. By K. G. Kannabran
March
2002
Arundhati
Roy's contempt of court. By Dr. Y. P. Chhabbar
Justice
Iyer and Contempt of Court. By K. G. Kannabiran
January 2002
Use
of POTO against PWG and MCC condemned By Y. P. Chhibbar
Terrorist
Law Again and Again. By K. G. Kaannabiran
February
2002
The
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999
VHP
stance of temple construction condemned. Letter
Media/Freedom
of information
April 2002
PUCL
Journalism for Human Rights' Award goes to RANI GEORGE of Malayala Manorama
February 2002
Faridabad
editor arrested to silence a newspaper. A report.
Peace/Disarmament
September 2002
Speakers
from Pakistan and India stress the urgent need for fresh peace initiative
- by
Neelofar Haram
March
2002
Relevance
of Karl Marx and Gandhi in 21st Century. By Surendra mohan.
Disperse
the War Clouds. By Rajinder Sachar
February
2002
Let
respected international, Indian and Pakistani persons mediate By M.B.
Naqvi
Police
December 2002
Killing
at Ansal Plaza - Police must learn the law of life - By Rajindar Sachar
Killing
at Ansal Plaza - Can state be a law unto itself? -- By Kuldip Nayar
November 2002
Reforming
the police -- By Rajindar Sachar
October 2002
Bihar
State PUCL Report: Fake encounter killing of Surendra Bhagat
August 2002
Activists
picked up by the police in Delhi
April
2002
Karnataka:
Unprovoked killing of J.
C. Chandrashekar by police SI Fact-finding report by SICHREM-PUCL
KPS
Gill appointment condemned
March
2002
Manipur:
Assault and manhandling by the CRPF personnel
Karnataka:
Death of Ramu in Police Custody
Karnataka:
Police firing during VHP Chief's birthday celebrations. A report
Banda,
UP: Police found guilty of rape. By By
S. Ali Manzar,
January 2002
Karnataka,
Mangalore PUCL report: Police Atrocities and Human Rights violations at
Katipalla. By P.B. D'Sa
Prisons
and prisoner rights
April
Goa;
Sudhir Sharma, a prison inmate struggles to gain access to books
March 2002
Goa:
Reading Material for Jail Inmates. NHRC acts on PUCL memo.
January 2002
Jamshedpur,
West Bengal: Investigation Report on Sakchi Jail Visit. By Chaman Lal
Children's
rights
Tamil
Nadu: People's public hearing on all forms of torture, degrading treatment,
and sexual abuse of children
- Excerpts from interim
verdict of the jury panel.
International
December
2002
Plight
of women in Bangladesh -
Dr. A.S.M. Badruddoza
Bangladesh:
Accountability needed in 'Operation Clean Heart', --
Amnesty International, 23 October 2002
Bangladesh
Human Rights Commission & International Commission of Jurists discuss
human rights -- Summarised by Neelofar Haram
November 2002
Amnesty
International petition opposes impunity agrements with the United States
Discrimination
against Tamils in the United Kingdom challenged
October 2002
Declaration
of the UN World Conference Against Racism and Xenophobia
September 2002
Democracy,
not monarchy is the need of Nepalese people
February
2002
Minorities
in Bangladesh Under Attack By R.M. Pal
PUCL
PUCL
Library Management System
Documents
lost due to a computer crash at PUCL office.. By Y. P. Chhibbar, July
2002
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