Press Statements
PUCL Rajasthan - Condemn Killing of Prisoner in Bikaner Jail
15 Nov, 2023The killing of Prisoner in Bikaner Jail a Black Spot on the Rajasthan Home Department Demands independent Enquiry into the incident. Compensation of Rs 50 lakhs to Sajid’s family Appointments of Psychiatrists and Clinical psychologists in jail Appointment of all deficit prison staff The PUCL condemns the Government of Rajastha...
CONDEMN THE ONGOING GENOCIDAL WAR WAGED BY ISRAEL AGAINST PALESTINIAN CITIZENS!
01 Nov, 2023Demand Immediate Ceasefire and Unhindered Humanitarian Aid PUCL strongly condemns the genocidal violence and crimes against humanity perpetuated against Palestinians by Israeli forces in the Gaza strip and the occupied Palestine territory. The spectacle of mass destruction and the illegal killings of civilians being played before ...
Marriage Equality Judgment not on constitutional morality: “Disappointing, But the fight will go on …."
20 Oct, 2023Consensus by five judges: Right to Marry not a fundamental right per se: a departure from international law The PUCL expresses its deep disappointment with respect to the verdict of the Supreme Court in `Supriyo v Union of India’ denying the right to marry to the LGBTQI community. While there were four opinions among the five ju...
PUCL Maharashtra condemns the arrest of two Mumbai activists by Mankhurd Police
14 Oct, 2023Democracy demands that right to protest be protected, not brutalized and punished! PUCL Maharashtra condemns the arrest of two young Mumbai activists, Ruchir and Supreeth by the Mankhurd Police last night, in connection with a protest against the Israeli government’s ongoing violent attacks impacting civilians in Palestine, in l...
Withdraw the prosecution against Arundhati Roy & Showkat Ali
12 Oct, 2023Dissent is the beating heart of a democracy PUCL: Withdraw the prosecution against Arundhati Roy & Showkat Ali The PUCL condemns the decision of the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena to grant Delhi Police sanction to prosecute writer Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, (former Professor of International Law at...
PUCL Condemns NIA Raids on Human Rights Defenders and Rights Organisation in AP and Telangana on 2nd October, 2023
03 Oct, 2023Dissent is a symbol of a vibrant Democracy: Don’t muzzle and persecute voices of opposition! PUCL strongly condemns and deplores the raids by NIA officials on 02nd October, 2023 at 62 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states and the arrest of one person in Sri Sathya Sai district, as being nothing but a witch hunt o...
Condemn Police Raids on Journalists and Media Houses: Stop Criminalising Journalists and Intimidating the Media!
03 Oct, 2023The PUCL strongly condemns the raid on houses and offices of journalists, commentators and activists connected with Newsclick and other media professionals. It is shocking that the police is investigating a case under draconian terror sections 13,16, 17, 18 and 22C of the UAPA and sec. 153 (A) (hate speech) and 120 (B) (conspiracy...
MANIPUR POLICE: STOP CRIMINALISING BASIC TOOLS OF ENQUIRY LIKE FACT FINDING AND ANALYSIS
05 Sep, 2023IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAW THE FIR FILED AGAINST THE EDITOR’S GUILD OF INDIA MEMBERS The PUCL strongly condemns the two motivated and malicious FIRs filed by the Manipur police against 3 members of a Fact-Finding Team constituted by the Editors Guild of India, Seema Guha, Bharat Bhushan and Sanjay Kapoor and the president of EGI, Seem...
PUCL demands the closure and halting of investigation of the NIA based on which raids in 8 locations of 5 districts of UP were undertaken today
05 Sep, 2023All the devices and books of Seema Azad, National secretary of the PUCL and similarly of others seized by the NIA be returned immediately PUCL demands from the MHA to stop criminalising activism aimed at realising the directive principles of state policy as anti-national. The PUCL is outraged that the house of its National ...
PUCL Maharashtra Statement on Murders by RPF constable Chetan Singh on July 31, 2023
08 Aug, 2023Alarm bells must set off in the country on the hate killings by RPF constable Chetan Singh! PUCL Maharashtra is shocked by the ghastly hate killings by RPF constable Chetan Singh of his superior officer RPF Assistant Sub-Inspector Tika Ram Meena and three Muslim passengers Abdul Qadir bhai Mohammed Hussain Bhanpurwala, Asgar Abbas...