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Press Release | Kaveri Water Issue

09.16.2016 · Posted in Minorities, Uncategorized

The Kannada Press Release is Available Here The Supreme Court has given its’s verdict over the sharing of Kaveri between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and directed the Karnataka government to release forthwith 15000 cusecs of water every day for ten days to Tamil Nadu. This verdict has created tremendous tension in Karnataka and resulted in continuous ...

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Fact Finding Report | Garment Workers Protest in Bangalore in April 2016

08.31.2016 · Posted in Uncategorized

Read the full report [HERE] A report by PUCL Banglaore Chapter and WSS This report is an inquiry into the garment workers’ protest in Bangalore, the developments that led up to the tumultuous events of April 18-19 as well as its aftermath, the underlying issues that came to the fore, as well as the wider ...

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Press Statement – PUCL Bangalore | Violence in Kashmir

08.11.2016 · Posted in Human Rights, Press Releases, Uncategorized

Dated: August 5, 2016 Press Statement of People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Bangalore Chapter Violence in Kashmir Since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani on 8 July 8 2016 by Indian armed forces, the Kashmir Valley has entered another and heightened phase of a war-like conflict. The people of Kashmir who wanted ...

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Permanent Suspects

10.09.2015 · Posted in Human Rights, Report, Uncategorized

A fact finding report into the arrest of Muslim Youth in Bangalore. Published in 2013. Full report available for download @ : http://puclkarnataka.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Terrorism-and-Muslim-Youth.pdf ...

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Press Release – Custodial Death of Mubarak Pasha

09.04.2014 · Posted in Human Rights, Press Releases, Uncategorized

People’s Union for Civil Liberties strongly condemns the custodial death of Mubarak Pasha under mysterious circumstances in Central Prison in Bangalore, as reported in the media on 1 Sept 2014. The shameful incident reflects poorly on the entire police and security force of Bangalore – the appointed custodians for citizens’ safety with responsibility to ensure ...

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Governance By Denial – Interim Fact Finding report on Ejipura

Download full Interim report Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), responsible for providing infrastructure and services in the Greater Bangalore Metropolitan area, bulldozed 1,512 homes (comprised of 42 blocks), and evicted over 5,000 slum dwellers living in tin sheds in the economically weaker section (EWS) quarters in Koramangala (near Ejipura), Bangalore, from 18-21 January, 2013. The four-day demolition drive a^ected around ...

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|Press Release|Protest and Vigil to Support People’s Struggle Against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plan

04.09.2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

PUCL-Bangalore, with many other organisations, came together in front of Town Hall today to protest against the vicious police crackdown on the protesters opposed to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, in Tamil Nadu. So far 185 protesters, and 11 prominent activists from the region have been arrested, following the CM’s announcement to allow operation at ...

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Press Release: FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER: LESSONS FOR INDIA

04.09.2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

On March 11, exactly one year ago, a huge nuclear disaster in human history occurred at Fukushima , such that three nuclear reactors in the Fukushima Daichii plant experienced a nuclear core meltdown. The associated series of hydrogen explosions in the plant released more than twenty times the radioactive radiation of the Hiroshima bomb, causing ...

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