Press Statements
Civil Society Groups’ statement Against Conferment of Honours on Perpetrators of Sexual Violence against Women
25 Jan, 2013We, the undersigned, are appalled at the conferment of the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service to SRP Kalluri, IGP of Chhattisgarh. Mr. Kalluri raped a tribal woman, Ledha Bai, when he was the SP of Sarguja District, ordered her gang-rape by his juniors, and then terrorized her and her lawyer when she decided to fil...
PUCL Statement on Latehar Incidents, Jharkhand
12 Jan, 2013The PUCL condemns the recent incident of mutilation and placing of IEDs inside the bodies of CRPF personnel killed in an encounter with the Maoist forces in the forests of Latehar in Jharkhand. Placing IEDs inside the abdomen or stomach of dead men seriously endangers lives of uninvolved others like doctors and medical personnel w...
Free Aparna Marandi: Rights Violation by Jharkhand Police
01 Jan, 2013Aparna Marandi, her four-year-old son Alok Chandra, Satish (16 years old) her distant relative and her two friends Baby Turi and Susheela Ekka were picked up the police on 8th December. The manner in which they were picked up, interrogated and detained, are in clear violation of all established procedures and rules. Aparna was for...
Increasing Number of Rapes in Gujarat
01 Jan, 2013Total number of crimes against women have been increasing year after year. Anyone who thinks that Gujarat is a safe State for women will have to reconsider that opinion. From 14885 in 2010 to 15528 total crimes registered in 2011 there is an increase of 650 while the half yearly count of 2012 suggests that increase of more than 10...
Statement on the Second Death Anniversary of Shri Surendra Mohan
01 Jan, 2013On the occasion of observing the 2nd Death Anniversary of Late Sri Surendra Mohan ji, we, on behalf of the Chhattisgarh unit of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (CG-PUCL), would like to remember the creative and critical contributions that he made to the socialist movement in particular, and people’s movements in general. Hi...
(Justice) Ram Bhushan Mehrotra Is No More
01 Jan, 2013(Justice) Ram Bhushan Mehrotra, a retired judge of the Allahabad High Court and former state President of the Delhi and the U.P. branches of the PUCL is no more. He breathed his last at about 10 pm at his Allahabad residence 3 Patrika Marg on 10 December 2012 at the age of more than 78 years leaving behind him a vacuum which canno...
Celebration of struggle starts in Kudankulam this New Year
30 Dec, 2012Thousands of people, brought together by the spirit of resistance, democracy and freedom gathered on the beaches of Southern Tamil Nadu – in the coastal villages of Tirunelveli. Idinthakarai village, which has been the nucleus of the Kudankulam anti-nuclear power plant struggle, welcomed hundreds of people who have come to c...
Defend Women’s Right to Equality! Fight against Rape & Sexual Violence!
30 Dec, 2012PUDR (People’s Union for Democratic Rights) mourns the death of the 23-year-old victim of an intensely violent attack and gang rape. However, rather than giving in to anger caused by this distress, we believe that this is a time to reflect on the constitutive contexts that produce an event and figure out how it might never b...
PUCL Press Statement on Delhi Gang Rape
24 Dec, 2012PUCL strongly condemns the brutal, bestial and savage sexual assault of a 23 year old girl in a moving Delhi bus on 16th December leaving her battling for life. We also condemn the unprovoked, unacceptable, unlawful and brutal attack launched by the Delhi police on 23rd December, on thousands of citizens, protesting against state ...
Condemning Sexual Violence and Opposing Death Penalty
23 Dec, 2012On 16 December 2012, a 23-year old woman and her friend hailed a bus at a crossing in South Delhi. In the bus, they were both brutally attacked by a group of men who claimed to be out on a ‘joy-ride’. The woman was gang raped and the man beaten up; after several hours, they were both stripped and dumped on the road. While the ...