In response to the PUCL petition on the hazardous working conditions of Pourakarmikas and Sanitary workers: The High Court of Karnataka has constituted a 10 member committee headed by the Member Secretary of the Legal Services Authority. According to the court’s order, the committee will submit it’s report within four weeks of receipt of the ...
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 ...
Part 1 Fact finding report prepared by PUCL on the attack on Badruddin his children Sahil & Sahadiya near Hale Police Station, Kodi Temple, Mangalore February 16, 2010 by PUCL Mangalore Name of the victims: Badruddin his children Sahil & Sahadiya Occupation of the Victim: Coolie job at Dakke Date of Incident: 12 February 2010 ...
Another case of Moral Policing Fact finding report on Bajrang Dal attack on students of Vivekananda Pre-University College, Mangalore on 15th November 2009 Prepared by : PUCL, Dakshina Kannada [Read Full Text] ...
Communal Violence 1999: Document Communal Violence 2000: Document Communal Violence 2001: Document Communal Violence 2002: Document Communal Violence 2003: Document ...
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 ...
PUCL Dakshin Kannada A Fact Finding Report on the proposed eviction of Dalits and others from Tannirbhavi, Mangalore, in Karnataka. “Dalits At Tannirbavi Being Evicted” was the headline of a news item that appeared in ‘The Hindu’ of 14th June, 2009. We were shocked to read that the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) was ...
[Read the Full Essay] GRAVEST DISPLACEMENT…… BRAVEST RESISTANCE …… The Struggle of Adivasis of Bastar, Chhattisgarh Against Imperialist Corporate Landgrab. by Sudha Bharadwaj Why this essay? I don’t live in Bastar, and I am not an adivasi. But I have been active in the working class movement of Chhattisgarh for the past 22 years, a ...