• Hundreds March in Jamia Nagar Against Illegal Arrests

    Hundreds of people joined in a peaceful march in Jamia Nagar against illegal arrests and harassing of local residents by the police. “Police is for people’s safety. It's their prime duty to respect civil rights while arresting any person and Supreme Court should ensure its guidelines are not violated by law enforcement agencies.” said Syed Akhlaq.

    Read more

  • APCR condemns harrassment of RTI activist

    APCR strongly condemns JMI for sending a legal notice of defamation worth Rs. 50 Lakh and terms it an harassment attempt to a noted RTI activist and its own student.
    Afroz Sahil has been constantly questioning Jamia’s administration through RTI. This is an open attempt to suppress the voice of dissent as well as freedom of speech.

    Read more

  • Supreme Court of India Issued Notice to the State of Bihar and others

    The fight for justice for the victims of gruesome police killings in Forbesganj area of Araria district got a boost today when the Supreme Court entertained a petition on the matter and issued a notice to Bihar government. The apex court has sought Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government’s stand on a plea for a CBI probe into the June 3 police firing.

    Read more

  • APCR strongly condemns attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan

    The APCR feels that the current attack is due to the inaction of the Central and State governments on previous matters of the same .The person Tejinder Singh Bagga claiming Office Bearer of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha was seen disrupting Arundhati Roy’s book release; climbing on the bonnet of the car in which Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and every time he is escorted off by the Police.

    Read More

  • NHRC issued notice to the SSP Moradabad

    Responding to the complaint filed by Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the Senior Superintendent of Police Moradabad, U.P calling for a report within four weeks on the Human Rights Violations in the incidents of Police-Public Clash on June 6, 2011 at Dingarpur of Moradabad District.

    Read More

  • People's Protest: Justice for Forbesganj Victims

    A joint-protest held at Bihar Bhawan,New Delhi has demanded swift justice for the innocent victims of the brutal Police firing in Forbesganj and conduct CBI inquiry into the incident. The protest was organised by the several Civil/Human rights and social organisations today at Bihar Bhawan, New Delhi.

    Read more
Pause Play

Who we are...

Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) is a civil rights group comprising advocates, social activists and grassroots paralegal social workers dedicated to using the legal system to protect and advance the civil and human rights in India. APCR is committed to the protection of society from violation of human rights, illegal detentions, custodial deaths, fake encounters, false cases on the behest of political exigencies, unprovoked firing on demonstrators, criminal negligence of officials and public servants at the time of natural and manmade calamities and consumer frauds by local manufacturers and service providers and multinational companies. Read more →

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
—UN General Assembly, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Articles 1,5

Paralegal Training Workshops

APCR imparts training to activists at grass-root level of Fundamental Rights, Human rights, Indian legal system, criminal justice, Right to Information etc. with training workshops throughout the nation. Read more →

Seminars, Symposia and Consultations

To engage with academia, advocates, activists and other practitioners of human and civil rights, APCR organises seminars and symposia to ponder over different aspects related to Human and Civil Rights. Read more →

Fact Finding and Documentation

One of the major activities of APCR is to send fact-finding teams to investigate the cases of human rights violations in different parts of India. In recent past, activists of APCR have conducted many fact findings. Read more →

Legal Help and Guidance

APCR is actively involved in the process of legal help and guidance in different parts of the country. Currently, APCR is aggressively involved in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP, Delhi and Karnataka. Read more →

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. —Sydney Smith

How you can help!

  • Join APCR and contribute to its activities
  • Promote APCR activities in your locality
  • Provide moral support
  • Use media at your disposal to promote APCR
  • Participate in cells and campaigns
  • Offer logistic and financial help
Read more →

News

Latest Projects

  • Resource Centre
    Presently, the APCR maintains a small library with materials useful for activists and organizations working in the concerned field. It...
  • Publications
    The APCR has the following things in store for the development of relevant literature for equipping concerning activists and experts...

Address

Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)
108, 3rdFloor, Pocket-1
Jasola Vihar
New Delhi-110025
Phone: 011-64639388
Website: http://apcrindia.org
Email: apcrindia@gmail.com