By Sami Ahmad Patna, May 18, 2022: The forced hoisting of a saffron flag atop a mosque in Bihar during the recent Ram Navami procession was an attempt to provoke Muslims to retaliate with violence, says a fact-finding report by the state unit of People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL).Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has been selected for the first Kandhamal Award for Human Rights/ The individual award has gone posthumously to Paul Pradhan, who had worked for women’s empowerment and the rights of Tribals and Dalits in the eastern Indian state ofContinue Reading
By Irudaya Jothi Konchowki: Opposition leaders October 21 expressed solidarity human rights activists such as Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and lawyers arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and demanded the repeal of the stringent law. Addressing a webinar organized by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), they urgedContinue Reading
New Delhi: The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the “malicious and spiteful” arrest and detention of Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy. The National Investigation Agency on October 8 arrested the 83-year-old social activist from his residence at the Bagaicha campus, a Jesuit center, near Ranchi, the capital ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 8, 2020: The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) says the freedom of press faces external threats from the state and its storm troopers and from the owners of private media within. This was highlighted in a PUCL report on how the news media has functioned inContinue Reading
