Press Statements
CASR Condemns the Extrajudicial Killing of CPI (Maoist) Leader Madvi Hidma; Rule of Law Cannot Be Suspended in Bastar
21 Nov, 2025On 18 November 2025, Madvi Hidma, the youngest member of the Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist) and an Adivasi from Bastar, was murdered in a fake encounter along with his wife Rajakka and five other members of the party. Hidma and the others were illegally abducted when they were unarmed, from a shelter where they had been sta...
The PUCL Condemns the J&K Order of surveillance of working journalists and the denial of press freedom
14 Nov, 2025Demands that the Administration instill faith in the media and promote a free press, fundamental to a democracy People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), India, deplores the recent attempt by the Jammu and Kashmir government and its District Information Officers (DIOs) to surveil working journalists, restrict access to freelanc...
PUCL Condemns the attack on V. Suresh, General Secretary PUCL
02 Nov, 2025PUCL Condemns Violent Assault on Dr. V. Suresh by Mining Mafia in Tirunelveli The PUCL national and the PUCL Tamil Nadu– Puducherry strongly condemn the assault on Dr. V. Suresh, National General Secretary of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Senior Advocate of the Madras High Court, which took place today at Tirunelv...
PUCL condemns regressive and defamatory views of DU Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Singh: At odds with constitutional values
08 Oct, 2025People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) India, is shocked at the troubling views expressed by Dr. Yogesh Singh, professor and Vice Chancellor, Delhi University on 28th September, 2025, in a speech titled “Naxal Mukt Bharat: Ending Red Terror Under Modi’s Leadership, Why Campuses are Targets?” The speech was addressed to ...
PUCL condemns the throttling of the right to speech, association and assembly in Ladakh
30 Sep, 2025Release Sonam Wangchuk and the other detainees and withdraw all charges foisted against them unconditionally. Resume a meaningful dialogue with the people of Ladakh on all their legitimate and democratic demands, including the immediate grant of sixth schedule status under the Constitution and statehood. The police arbitrari...
PUCL Condemns Efforts to Silence Civil Society Voices on Unconstitutional Evictions and Detentions in Assam
03 Sep, 2025PUCL condemns the efforts at silencing civil society voices endeavouring to bring attention to the unconstitutional evictions and detentions in Assam All prosecution against Syeda Hameed for her constitutionally protected speech be withdrawn. Section 152 of the BNS which is the sedition law in a new avatar be repealed. The PUC...
Manipur Report Aims for Reconciliation, Not Division: PUCL's Response to MP Akoijam
28 Aug, 2025This is an open letter from the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) to Dr. Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, Member of Parliament for Inner Manipur. It is written in response to his letter dated August 27th, 2025, which raised concerns about the report of the ‘Independent People’s Tribunal on the Ongoing Ethnic Conflict in M...
PUCL demands that the Assam police withdraw prosecution against Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar
21 Aug, 2025Freedom of the press cannot be deliberately, arbitrarily and vengefully curtailed by police action! Repeal Section 152 of the BNS which is nothing but the sedition law in decolonial garb! The PUCL is outraged at the vindictive action of the Assam police in summoning renowned journalists Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar for...
PUCL Welcomes Supreme Court's Order on Transparency in Bihar Voter List Revision, Calls for Vigilance
16 Aug, 2025The PUCL welcomes the interim order in ADR and others v Union of India, as the order will bring transparency to the SIR procedure and provide a chance to eligible voters, whose names are missing from the draft roll, to use their Aadhar Card to seek inclusion of their names. The order vindicates our fundamental objections and appre...
PUCL Response to the banning and forfeiture of 25 books by J&K Government
12 Aug, 2025A PUCL Response to the banning of books by J&K Government Withdraw the forfeiture notification on 25 books on Jammu and Kashmir Repeal Section 152 of the BNS which is the colonial sedition law in a decolonial avatar! The omnibus forfeiture of 25 books in Kashmir is an arbitrary and brute exercise of power which violates the ...