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Thread and Tension | An account of the historic uprising of garment workers

12.24.2018 · Posted in Human Rights, Press Releases, Urban Poverty

Thread and Tension An account of the historic uprising of garment workers A fact-finding report by People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Bangalore and Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression In April, 2016, lakhs of workers of the garment industry took to Bangalore streets to protest against a new Central Government Ordinance on the ...

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| Preliminary Report | Impact of Demonetization on Casual Labour at the Chowktis of Jaipur

Read the full report HERE Preliminary Report of the Survey ~ Conducted by PUCL Interns & supervised by PUCL and BGVS members Though there are several general statements available suggesting that the maximum impact of the note withdrawal scheme has been this segment of daily wage earners, however no systematic assessment is available. Accordingly we ...

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*Preliminary* Fact Finding Report – Bangalore Garment Workers’ Protest Demonstration:

05.31.2016 · Posted in Human Rights, Press Releases, Report, Urban Poverty

Read the COMPLETE PRELIMINARY REPORT HERE   On the two days of April 18th and 19th, 2016, workers of the garment industry, predominantly women, took to the streets in a sudden unplanned demonstration to protest the new ordinance on the Employment Provident Fund by the Central Government. The angst among garment workers was triggered by a ...

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| Fact Finding Report |Governance By Denial – Forced Evictions and Demolition of Homes in Ejipura

Read the FULL REPORT HERE From 18–21 January 2013, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), responsible for providing infrastructure and services in the Greater Bangalore Metropolitan area, bulldozed 1,512 homes in the economically weaker section (EWS) settlement in Ejipura/ Koramangala. The 5,000 people rendered homeless by the four-day demolition drive included around 1,200 women and ...

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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| Demolition of EWS quarters and the Eviction of Residents

01.19.2013 · Posted in Human Rights, Minorities, Urban Poverty

PRESS RELEASE Demolition of EWS quarters and the Eviction of Residents Saturday, January 19, 2013, Bangalore The BBMP today began demolition of homes and evicting residents from the EWS quarters at Ejipura.  During the process of demolition and eviction protestors were lathi charged, physically dragged by the police and arrested – all of them women. ...

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|PRESS STATEMENT| Response to Kolar Deputy Commissioner

10.31.2011 · Posted in Human Rights, Press Releases, Urban Poverty

We are responding to the statement of the Deputy Commissioner, Kolar that was reported in the newspapers dated 29th October, 2011 alleging PUCL’s role in the death of 3 persons performing the work of manual scavenging in KGF on 24th October, 2011. (Reference 1, 2) Since the statement makes serious allegations about the functioning of ...

|Press Release| Beggar’s Colony Death of 12 inmates on the night of 17th August

08.19.2010 · Posted in Human Rights, Press Releases, Urban Poverty

PRESS RELEASE FROM PUCL-BANGALORE DEATH OF 12 INMATES ON THE NIGHT OF 17-8-2010 PUCL-Bangalore voices its gravest concern on the reported deaths of 12 inmates in Beggar’s colony on 17-8-2010 evening, to next morning and is shocked that eleven of the twelve dead were cremated before due process of enquiry could be established. PUCL-Bangalore has ...