Proceedings of the National Consultation on Anti-Beggary Laws: Legal and Policy Perspectives. Consultation organized by Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP) & Gandhian Studies Centre, NLSIU, Bangalore. Proceedings of the Consultation here ...
[Press Note in Kannada] Bangalore, December 29th At a protest organised at the Town Hall in Bangalore, Human Rights organisations, NGOs and the civil society came out in strong opposition to a verdict by a Raipur court that convicted Dr Binayak Sen on charges of sedition and pronounced a life sentence. The protest, held under ...
Human Rights’ Day 2010 was observed by the PUCL, Bangalore chapter with a discussion meeting on “Human Rights, Democracy and Media : Challenges in Contemporary Times”. We had three principal speakers to present the primary topic followed by a discussion session. Isaac Arul Selva, Editor, Slum Jagatthu, spoke of the great caste bias in the ...
People’s Union For Civil Liberties – Bangalore ~~~~ INVITATION ~~~~~ Release of the Preliminary Report on the Savanur Protests by Justice Rajinder Sachar On the 20th of July 2010 Bhangi families engaged in manual scavenging poured human excrement on themselves as a mark of protest. They were protesting against the disconnection of their water supply ...
Consultation meeting Urban Poor v/s Karnataka Manuvadi Govt 10:30 AM on 3rd July 2010 Senate Hall Central College Dr.Ambedkar Veedhi Bangalore 560068 Reason for and background to the seminar ...
The Emergency Then and Now A Public Lecture and Discussion Speakers Shri Kuldip Nayar & Shri Shiv Sundar Saturday, June 26th, 2010 6:30 PM Venue Multi Purpose Hall, St. Joseph’s College, Lalbagh Road, (Near the Double road circle) Bangalore Background On June 25th 1975, the President of India Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed declared a state ...
PUCL and host of other organizations and individuals have endorsed a statement that makes an argument against the UID in it's current form ...
NUCLEAR ENERGY AND LIABILITY: WHO PROFITS, WHO PAYS? April 03, 2010, Saturday, from 2 pm to 6 pm Ashirwad, St Marks Road, Bangalore. The nuclear liability bill, expected to be tabled in the next parliament session, represents a real danger to democracy in India. Unfortunately, there has been very little public debate on this controversial ...
On 21st November 2009, Saturday, the PUCL Bangalore chapter invited the public, members of NGOs, people’s organizations and media for an interactive session with Shri Prabhakar Sinha, the national PUCL president who was visiting Bangalore. Shri Sinha was asked to share his viewpoints and experiences with the group on the current status and challenges of ...
PUCL-K and ALF book release PUCL-K and ALF organised a book launch of Harsh Mander’s, ‘Fear and forgiveness: The Aftermath of massacre’ at 6pm, on 5th September 2009 at Institute of Agricultural Technologists, 15 Queens Road, Bangalore. To take forward the discussion on what Harsh’s work means for Karnataka the launch was followed by a ...