Press Statements
Dangawas Six-Murder Case Verdict: All Accused Acquitted; Justice or Injustice?
07 Aug, 2026Jaipur, 7 August 2026: The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, expresses deep concern and disappointment over the judgment delivered on 5 August 2026 by the Special Court, Merta, in connection with the horrific caste violence and mass killings that took place in Dangawas, Nagaur district, in 2015. This is the c...
Token Public Hearings on the Aravallis Condemned - Mining Lobby Hijacks Ajmer Public Hearing
09 Aug, 2026Token Public Hearings on the Aravallis Condemned Mining Lobby Hijacks Ajmer Public Hearing 9 August 2026 Raising serious questions over the functioning of the High Powered Committee constituted by the Supreme on the Aravallis, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, along with several people’s organisations, ...
PUCL Maharashtra condemns the Wrongful Prosecution of TISS Students and Arrest of Abhirup Paul in Mumbai in connection with a Student Gathering on Campus
14 Aug, 2026People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Maharashtra is deeply concerned and distressed at the recent developments related to the prosecution of nine Students of the Tata Institute of Social Studies (TISS), the denial of anticipatory bail to two students and arrest of Abhirup Paul, in connection with a student gathering held a...
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...