2005 - 2006
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December 2006
Kiritbhai Bhatt, president of PUCL, Gujarat passes away, 24th December 2006 | Click
Future of communal relations in India -- By Asghar Ali Engineer | Click
Killing of three persons in fake encounter at Nawada Ben, Bhojpur Bihar PUCL report | Click
Boycott and ostracising of Dalits in Kadkol village: Karnataka PUCL Statement | Click
PUCL journalism award winner is Editor-in-Chief of Hindustan Times | Click
PUCL calls for early release of long serving prisoners | Click
PUCL defends its Salva Judum report | Click
Antiterrorism and security laws in India A Report: New York City Bar Association Recommendations of the Committee on International Human Rights | Click
Police Act symposium -- By K G Kannabiran | Click
National Judicial Council -- By Rajindar Sachar | Click
An Appeal against the death penalty -- By M. A. Rane | Click
UP PUCL State Conference, October 2006 | Click
November 2006
Dalits ostracized in Karnataka:
A report of the fact finding team on Social boycott imposed on Chaluvadi Dalits in Kadakola village of Basavana bagevadi taluq of Bijapur district, Karnataka | Click
Reforming the police: How to combat anti-minority bias in the police? -- By Asghar Ali Engineer | Click
Encounter killings of Madhav and seven Maoists in Nallamala forest APCLC Report | Click
Price of alienating a community: Lessons from the Malegaon by Vidya Bhushan Rawat | Click
Gujarat NGO's to help in flood relief | Click
In support of Irom Sharmila Chanu | Click
Dangers from nuclear power projects -- By M A Rane | Click
Treaty making power of a government -- By Rajindar Sachar | Click
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 -- By K G Kannabiran | Click
Notice of unlimited fast from 14th November 2006 to save farmers from committing suicides - Mohan Dharia| Click
October 2006
Hashimpura massacre trial after 19 years-Failure of all organs of state -- By Iqbal A Ansari | Click
High cost of interf
erence - The Priyadarshani Mattoo Judgement By Pushkar Raj, Secretary, PUCL. Click
Eighteen year old youth dies in police custody in Noida: A report by Pushkar Raj, PUCL Delhi. Click
Punjab Human Rights Committee’s panel holds policemen guilty of murder of a Muslim youth. Report | Press release
No going back from peace talks in Jammu and Kahmir -- By Rajindar Sachar | Click
“9/11” and all that -- By Y P Chhibbar | Click
Jammu and Kashmir press statements | Click
Be humane to refugees from Sri Lanka | Click
Balancing merit with equality -- By M A Rane, July 25, 2006 | Click
Organisational initiatives: Taking the benefits to the people -- By Y P Chhibbar | Click
September 2006
Brutal repression by UP police, PAC and hired goons on Bejhera Khurd farmers in Uttar Pradesh. Click
Meerut riots of May 1987 -- PUCL report | Click
Police raid on the office of Jan Pratirodh Sangharsh Manch Bihar PUCL report | Click
Lasting peace in Dantewara only through a political solution Chhattisgarh PUCL | Click
National convention on black laws and human rights in Chhattisgarh | Click
Conditions in Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camps TN & Pondicherry PUCL report | Click
Delhi police insult Asma Jehangir | Click
Treatment of Asma Jehangir shameful | Click
Attack on ISKCON temple condemned | Click
Know more for no more bonded labour | Click
Justice Rana Bhagwan Das | Click
Private Sector – Its obligations to Dalits -- By Rajindar Sachar | Click
Jaswant Singh’s spy claim | Click
August 2006
Intolerance leads to censorship -- By K G Kannabiran | Click
Polarised reactions to violence in Kashmir -- By Balraj Puri | Click
ADM Jabalpur case: A Supreme mistake -- By Rajindar Sachar | Click
The court has always held against liberty Kannabiran’s comment to Justice Sachar's analysis of the ADC Jabalpur case -- By K. G Kannabiran | Click
July 2006
Christian inmate assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists in Manglore jail -- Fact finding report by P.B. D'Sa and Alwyn Colaco, PUCL Manglore, 11 July, 2006. Click
June 2006
Activists languishing in prison in Chhattisgarh Click
Fake encounter in Nagpur? A report on the 'attack' on RSS Headquarters on June 01, 2006. Click
May 2006
Fatehpura dargah - PUCL complaint ignored, 4 May 2006 Click
A report on bomb blast at the house of prominent RSS activist in Nanded, Maharashtra --- By Dr Suresh Khairnar, Ahmad Kadar and Arvind Ghosh, Secular Citizen's Forum & PUCL, Nagpur Click
“Demolition” of the Fatehpura dargah -- By Kirit Bhatt, Rohit Prajapati, Chinu Srinivasan, People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Gujarat, 2 May 2006 Click
April 2006
When state makes war on its own people. A report on violations of people's rights during the Salwa Jud um campaign in Dantewada, Chhitsgarh, April 2006 Click
PUCL, Gujarat appeal for an amicable solution to the ongoing Narmada Dam debate. Click
Environmental impact assessment report on Eloor - Edyar 2004 - 2005. Click
Police Firing at Kalinganagar A Report by People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Orissa Click
Armed gangs target human rights activists -- By S Jeevan Kumar; K Balagopal Click
Plight of Muslims has worsened in Gujarat A letter to Justice Shri Rajindar Sachar by Devavrat N Pathak, President PUCL Gujarat; Gautam Thaker, General Secretary PUCL Gujarat. Click
Jayaprakash Narayan’s role in Jammu and Kashmir, 26th JP Memorial Lecture, March 23, 2006 -- By Balraj Puri. Click
Varanasi blasts -- By K G Kannabiran. Click
H. M. Seervai - writings and recolletions -- Book review by S. M. Daud. Click
The search for eco-friendly sources of energy -- By M A Rane Click
Amrik Singh receives award for contributions in education. Click
Obituary: Siddhraj Dhadda. Click
Obituary: S P Sathe Click
March 2006
Environment audit report 2004 - 2005 Submitted to Supreme Court monitoring Committee by Local Area Environment Committee, Kochi. Click
Crimes against women -- By Zehra Khan Click
Gujarat after four years -- By J.S.Bandukwala, Vice-President PUCL. Click
End custodial violence in Jammu & Kashmir -- By Balraj Puri, Convenor J&K PUCL Click
'Padmashree' award for PUCL activist, Sister Sudha Vergese -- By Prabhakar Sinha. Click
Tarkunde Memorial Function Click
First Nani A Palkhivala Award to PUCL. Click
One law for the people and another for the lawmakers -- By Mahi Pal Singh Click
Separation of powers: The myth and reality The Third Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Lecture by Bimal Jalan. Click
Pillars of democracy - where we stand? -- By R.B. Mehrotra, (Former President, Delhi State PUCL & Former High Court Judge, Allahabad), January 10, 2006 Click
A fair, just and equitable treatment for the NGOs Click
Temples are open to all religions -- By Rajindar Sachar. Click
Withdraw the US ambassador -- By Rajindar Sachar Click
February 2006
Islands of Sanity -- By Raheel Dhattiwala Click
‘Hundred percent reservation in capital punishment’ Click
Telephone-tapping an invasion of individual’s privacy -- By Rajindar Sachar. Click
January 2006
Flesh trade in Shivdaspur, Varanasi UP PUCL Report. Click
PUCL, D.K. activists assaulted by S.I. Cheluvaraj of Bajpe Police Station, Dakshin Karnataka. Click
State repression on political opposition in West Bengal Report of fact finding by a team of human rights, democratic rights and civil liberties organisations (December 27 -30, 2005). Click
December 2005
Press release - Fact-finding report on the Salwa Judum, Dantewara District - By an All-India team (PUCL Chhattisgarh and PUCL Jharkhand, PUDR, Delhi; APDR, West Bengal and IAPL), Nov - Dec 2005. Click
CPI (Maoist) leader, Mr. Bijoy alias Prasad dissapeared in Raipur. Click
Mukundan C. Menon passed away. Click
November 2005
Suppression of human rights in Chhattisgarh by the state -- By Dr Binayak Sen, General Secretary, Chhattisgarh Lok Swatantrya Sangathan (PUCL), and National Vice President, PUCL. Click
August 2005
Communal Violence Suppression bill analyzed. Click
Gurgaon police violence against workers - A PUCL Delhi report
Custody death of Sunil Roy -- By Sajal Basu, Coordinating Committee, West Bengal PUCL, 29th June, 2005. Click
Naxals, encounter killings, and right to life -- By Biswapriya Kanungo. Click
Question of reservation in private sector -- By Mahi Pal Singh. Click
Conference on human trafficking and bonded labour -- By Dr. K.N. Bhatt. Click
Imrana, Jyotsna, Raju, Basanti -- By Y.P. Chhibbar. Click
Narendra Modi denied entry to the United States-- By M.A. Rane. Click
Dissolution of Bihar assembly -- By Rajindar Sachar. Click
July 2005
Making Mumbai into Shangai: The case of the Mumbai slum demolitions -- By Dr. Pushkar Raj. Article | Photo album
June 2005
The Imrana case and the Deoband fatwa -- By J.S.Bandukwala, Vadodara. Click
May 2005
Against reservations for Muslim students -- By J.S.Bandukwala. Click
March 2005
An analysis of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 -- From The Asian Centre for Human Rights Click
Selection and impeachment of judges -- By K.G. Kannabiran Click
A fact finding report by Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Rayagada units of PUCL
Atrocity on the people of Kashipur. Click
Repeal the patent ordinance
- By Rajindar Sachar Click
Selection and impeachment of judges
-- By K.G. Kannabiran. Click
National Convention of the PUCL. Click
Murder or Suicide? Fact finding report on a death in Delhi police custody -- By Pushkar Raj, General Secretary PUCL-Delhi and Rohit Raj, intern with PUCL.Click
Human Rights Instruments – Status of India. From Amnesty International. Click
Victim or Suspect: S.A.R. Geelani -- By Y.P. Chhibbar. Click
Attempt on Geelani’s life reprehensible. -- Press release by Dr. Chhibbar. Click
Compensation & restitution to the victims of crime -- By K.K. Bajpai. Click
Analysis of the bill to prevent sexual harassment of women in workplace From Combat Law April-May 2003. Click
Repeal POTA retrospectively-- By Syed Shahabuddin. Click
Balraj Puri decorated. Click
Obituary: Pammi Mann & Deelip Parmar. Click
February 2005
Police terror at Nauagarhi, P.S. Mufassil, district Munger since august 17, 2004 - Report of the Bihar PUCL -– By Prabhakar Sinha, Kishori Das, Mithilesh Kumar. Click
Peace talks with Naxalites must continue - K. G. Kannabiran’s letter to the Prime Minister. Click
Prime Minister's reply. Click
Writ petition against officials responsible for the Maikanch firing – By Pramodini Pradhan, Secretary, PUCL- Bhubaneswar Branch,
20 Dec., 2004. Click
Plight of pavement and hutment dwellers in Mumbai -- By M. A. Rane, PUCL Mumbai. Click
Sankar Guha Niyogi murder case -- Y. P. Chhibbar. Click
A judicial commission to deal with matters of judiciary -- By Rajindar Sachar. Click
Critical issues relating to relief to the tsunami affected communities -- By Dr. V. Suresh. Click
Tsunami relief guidelines. Click
Case update: Mid-day meals and Antyodaya Anna Yojana. Click
Proceedings of the12th national council meeting, Ahmedabad, December 4 & 5, 2004. Click
PUCL Jharkhand State Executive Committee. Click
January 2005
Review of human rights in Chhattisgarh in the second half of 2004 by Chhattisgarh PUCL. Click
General Secretary’s Report to National Council: December 4 & 5 2004, Ahmedabad. Click
Press Release - National Council: December 4 & 5 2004, Ahmedabad. Click
Right to human development. Click
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