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PUDR condemns smear campaign by Maharashtra police

PUDR condemns smear campaign by Maharashtra police

Documented at Sanhati India / Statement by Peoples Union for Democratic Rights

Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi (PUDR) strongly protests the accusation by the Maharashtra police claiming that the PUDR is a frontal organisation of the CPI (Maoist) party. This is a blatant attempt to threaten and restrict the functioning of one of India’s oldest civil rights organisations.
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The many plots to assassinate Narendra Modi

The many plots to assassinate Narendra Modi

The CARAVAN / By Tushar Dhara

The circumstances surrounding all the purported assassination plots against Narendra Modi are intriguing—for the backgrounds of the individuals allegedly plotting the murder, for the political climate in which they were revealed, and for the media organisations that break the news.
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Bhima Koregaon case: A curiously prescient report puts focus on a Mumbai security think tank

Bhima Koregaon case: A curiously prescient report puts focus on a Mumbai security think tank

Scroll.in / by Mridula Chari

One of the two secretaries general of Forum for Integrated National Security is Seshadri Chari, a senior member of the RSS and the BJP.
A report released by a security think-tank in March into caste violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1 had foreshadowed the turn taken by the police investigation into the events. The report pinned the blame for the violence on a Maoist conspiracy – a conclusion that bears striking resemblance to the claims the Pune police has subsequently made in court.
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Video: „I Will Continue My Work Regardless of What Mr. Goswami Says“

Video: „I Will Continue My Work Regardless of What Mr. Goswami Says“

en | 19 min | 2018

PUCL National Secretary and visiting professor at NLU, Sudha Bharadwaj, talks to Newsclick about the recent allegations made against her of being an urban Naxal by Republic TV. She also discusses the long drawn conflict in Chhattisgarh and how illegal land acquisitions and extrajudicial killings are adding fuel to the fire in the state.
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WSS: Condemning The Attack On Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj

WSS: Condemning The Attack On Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj

Statement by Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS)

We the undersigned wish to place on record our utter disgust, contempt and outrage at the latest in the series of machinations by Republic TV, working to its brief as a propagandist for the ongoing crusade against all those who take public stands in defence of democracy, secularism, human rights, Constitutional propriety and rule of law.

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