From Communal Policing to Hate Crimes – The Attack on Ambedkar’s Dream of Fraternity
A Report on Dakshina Kannada (January – September 2021) Report by: PUCL-K, AILAJ, AIPF and Gauri Lankesh News ...
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PUCL Statement: Oppose Dilution of Labour Laws!!
PUCL Statement: Oppose Dilution of Labour Laws!!Labour Laws Necessary to Protect Fundamental Rights of Workers PUCL is deeply concerned at the swiftness with which many states in the nation are dismantling the protection afforded to workers under their various labour laws. These laws provide many of the basic guarantees to workers – ensuring that employees ...
COVID Lockdown | A writ Petition by PUCL and High Court Orders
Documents related to PUCL’s writ petition in the High Court of Karnataka pertaining to the COVID 19 Lockdown Letter from PUCL-K to the CJ of Karnataka is here Order dated 26 March is here Order dated 30 March is here Order dated 3 April is here Order dated 7 April is here Order dated 9 ...
Press Release | Status of implementation of the food security schemes and old-age pension scheme in Karnataka
PRESS RELEASE | BANGALORE, 12 April , 2020 PUCL feedback report on the status of implementation of the food security shemes and old age pension scheme in Karnataka shows several gaps Government needs to address these gaps immediately , else issue of malnutrition will become worse This to bring to the kind notice media with ...
Fact-Finding Report | Extra-judicial killings of 4 suspected Maoists at Attapaddi, Kerala
Read the full fact-finding report here On 28th October 2019 and 29th October 2019 at the forest areas at Attapaddi, Palakkad district, the Thunderbolt which is the special wing of the Kerala police “encountered” four persons who they have termed as belonging to the Communist Party of India (Maoists). As per the police, 3 persons ...
Production Torture – Working conditions faced by garment workers
Production Torture is a study of the working conditions, including workplace harassment, faced by women garment workers in Bangalore and other districts. This study is published by: PUCL – K NLSIU Vimochana The Alternative Law Forum Concern – IISc Manthan Law Garments Mahila Karmikara Munnade “Production Torture“A telling phrase from English innovated by garment workers ...
Manual Scavenging in Karnataka – A PUCL-K Study
What are the historical factors at work in India society in denying the right to dignity for the sanitation worker and allowing deaths from manual scavenging to continue? This study identifies four such factors and discusses them in detail. ...
From Stigma to Justice: Public Hearing on Police Violence against Women and Transgender Sex Workers
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Thread and Tension | An account of the historic uprising of garment workers
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 ...
| 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 ...