Press Statements
Womens’ groups and Feminists Hail Our Wrestlers and Their Lawyers Fighting for Justice
03 Aug, 2026We, the undersigned members of womens’ organisations and independent feminists in India are shocked at the acquittal of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, former MP (BJP) and the erstwhile President of the Wrestlers Federation of India by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi. Whi...
Condemn the Vindictive Use of NSA Against Pranab Doley – Release Him Immediately! Stop the criminalisation of Adivasi and Indigenous defenders in Kaziranga forthwith!
03 Aug, 2026We, the undersigned people’s movements, organisations, trade unions, democratic rights groups and concerned citizens, strongly condemn the invocation of National Security Act against Pranab Doley, Indigenous rights activist from Assam and Convener, Greater Kaziranga Land and Human Rights Protection Committee, one day after the G...
PUCL Bihar condemns the illegal Detention, handcuffing and harassment of PUCL members for raising voice against denial of due process to detained students
31 Jul, 2026The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) places on record its serious concern and strong condemnation of the conduct of the Bihar Police, in particular the SHO, Gandhi Maidan Police Station, in connection with the illegal detention and mistreatment of Akash Keshav, Advocate-on-Record, Patna High Court and Mr. Vrati Kumar, l...
PUCL-K condemns the FIR filed by the Bengaluru Police against unidentified person holding posters about Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam
28 Jul, 2026The FIR against the unknown person who held a poster on Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam is ill judged and wrongly conceived besides being completely unjust and unconstitutional. Political expression through reels and posters which cross the boundaries of polite expression ought not to be dealt with through the criminal law, rather...
PUCL Condemns the Removal of the Film ‘Satluj’ from ZEE5: The Truth About Punjab’s Disappeared Cannot Be Made to Disappear Again
25 Jul, 2026Restore the film and publish the reasons for its removal. Investigate every disappearance and prosecute the guilty, without state protection for the accused. Constitute a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the Punjab disappearances. Ratify the International Convention against Enforced Disappearance. The People’s Union for Ci...
PUCL welcomes the release of Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraz on bail
24 Jul, 2026PUCL condemns the continuing suppression of human rights in Kashmir as well as in Ladakh using laws such as the UAPA UAPA being a law which targets the right to speech, assembly and association must be repealed. PUCL welcomes the release of Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraz on bail by an order of the Sessions Court subsequently uphe...
PUCL Tamil Nadu and Puducherry strongly condemns the custodial death of Sabarivarman
21 Jul, 2026Sabarivarman, a 34-year-old differently-abled youth from Eathangadu village near Thenthamaraikulam, adjacent to Samithoppu in Kanyakumari district, was running a small petty shop. Accused of selling banned tobacco-related gutkha products, he was arrested on July 9 and taken to the Nagercoil Sub-Jail under judicial custody. Prior t...
PUCL Delhi Condemns Assault on Students and Attack on Book Stall at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Protest Site, Jantar Mantar
21 Jul, 2026The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Delhi strongly condemns the actions of the Delhi Police against students associated with the All India Students’ Federation (AISF) at the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest site at Jantar Mantar. The incident occurred on 20 July 2026 at around 1:30 PM at a protest site ope...
PUCL condemns the attempt to suppress the peaceful satyagraha by Sonam Wangchuk and Cockroach Janata Party
19 Jul, 2026PUCL is outraged by the action of the Delhi Police in forcibly taking a fasting Sonam Wangchuk away from the site of his hunger fast in Jantar Mantar on the 21st day of his hunger strike. This unconscionable action by the Delhi Police of forcibly disrupting a peaceful Gandhian protest which sought to awaken India’s conscience, i...
PUCL Statement Concerning the Attack on Human Rights Activist and Writer, Seema Azad, PUCL National Secretary
10 Jul, 2026A 6-page statement was issued on 26th June, 2026, allegedly by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) – North Coordination Committee (NCC), claiming that Seema Azad was a State Secretary of the party and because of her “revisionist” practices, associating with a CIA agent in India, and due to her ‘prioritizing bourgeois...