Universities must protect the spirit of critical inquiry, not surrender to the blackmail of mob violence! Government of Karnataka must unilaterally withdraw the prosecution which targets the students! PUCL Karnataka strongly condemns the attack on students of Azim Premji University and the members of Spark Reading Circle by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. ...
A fact-finding report on the human rights violations in Honnavar by All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Fridays For Future Karnataka (FFF-K), and People’s Union for Civil Liberties-Karnataka (PUCL-K) was released on 4th November, 2025 at Press Club, Bengaluru. The report is a follow-up to a fact-finding conducted in 2024, to document more ...
PUCL-K is shocked that Mr. Mankal Vaidya, a sitting Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of Karnataka, addressed a press briefing on February 3, 2025 and threatened to shoot and kill those who smuggle cattle in the state. He also made communal remarks, suggesting that the BJP MLA Dinakar Shetty is now Dinakar Khan, ...
We herewith inform the Government officials, Bank officials, the District Collector and District Superintendent of Police and other officials, Media, as well as to bring the attention of the general public of Dakshina Kannada, to the findings of the National Enquiry Committee of the PUCL, which enquired into allegations against R. Eswarraj, Haneef Saheb Pajapalla, ...
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Encounters are murders in the understanding of the law and should be prosecuted, not lauded November 20, 2024 The PUCL condemns the murder of Naxalite’ leader Vikram Gowda which is sought to be explained away by the police as an ‘encounter’. The killing on 19th November, 2024 is nothing other than a violation of the ...
The Supreme Court and High Court must act to restore the public faith that the judiciary does bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution. Read statement by People’s Union for Civil Liberties-Karnataka and All India Lawyers Association for Justice: ...
Released on August 30, 2024 In light of the death of a person in police custody on May 24, 2024, a team comprising of members from All India Lawyers Association for Justice, Association for the Protection of Civil Rights, Bahutva Karnataka and People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka constituted a fact-finding team to investigate ...
June 18, 2024 PUCL Karnataka is deeply shocked to observe a steep rise in the number of murders and akin violence against people in inter-community relationships. In the last decade, it has been reported that the number of reported murders of people in inter-caste and inter-faith relations, referred to in the media as ‘honour killings’, ...
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