Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations

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'''Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations''' (CDRO) is a union of twenty [[Civil and political rights|civil liberties and democratic rights]] associations in India. Its member organisations meet a minimum of three to four times annually, and all of them holds equal status within the CDRO, and work in the democratic manner. It was founded in August 2007 "in the context of the violent state repression of people's movements in India as well as the arrest of democratic rights activists."<ref name="PUDR"/>

==Beliefs and objectives==
* "The right to organize and struggle is a basic [[Political freedom|democratic right of the people]]."<ref name="PUDR"/>
* "To stand united against all forms of [[State oppression|state repression]] on people’s democratic struggles."<ref name="PUDR"/>
* "To support with [[solidarity]] actions in the event of attacks by the state on any civil rights organisations or its representatives."<ref name="PUDR"/>

==Members==
It has twenty members, as follows:<ref name="PUDR">{{cite web |title=About CDRO |url=http://www.pudr.org/?q=content/about-cdro |publisher=People's Union for Democratic Rights |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>

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! style="width:100px;"|State
! style="width:350px;"|Organisation
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|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|Civil Liberties Committee, Andhra Pradesh 
[http://humanrightsforum.org/ Human Rights Forum], Andhra Pradesh 
Organisation for Protection of Democratic Rights, Andhra Pradesh
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|[[Assam]]
||[[Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti]]
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|[[Delhi]]
|[[People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi]] 
Campaign for Peace and Democracy in Manipur, Delhi
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|[[Haryana]]
|People's Union for Civil Rights, Haryana
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|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|People's Committee for Human Rights
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|[[Jharkhand]]
|[[People's Union for Civil Liberties]], Jharkhand
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|[[Karnataka]]
|People's Democratic Forum
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|[[Maharashtra]]
|Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, [[Mumbai]] 
People's Union for Civil Liberties, [[Nagpur]]
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|[[Manipur]]
|Coordination for Human Rights
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|[[Nagaland]]
|[http://www.npmhr.org/ Naga People's Movement for Human Rights]
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|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|[http://afdrpunjab.blogspot.in/ Association for Democratic Rights]
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|[[Rajasthan]]
|People's Union for Civil Liberties, Rajasthan
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|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|People's Union for Civil Liberties, Tamil Nadu
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|[[West Bengal]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140505162546/http://www.apdr.org.in/ Association for Protection of Democratic Rights], West Bengal 
Bandi Mukti Morcha
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==See also==
* [[Citizen's Justice Committee]]
* [[Confederation of Human Rights Organizations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.facebook.com/CoordinationOfDemocraticRightsOrganisation facebook page]
* [http://www.pudr.org/?q=content/jkccs-resolution-kashmir-adopted-20-april-2013-public-meeting-srinagar-and-endorsed-cdro-and JKCCS Resolution on Kashmir - adopted on 20 April 2013 in a public meeting at Srinagar and Endorsed by CDRO and others], ''People's Union for Democratic Rights''

[[Category:2007 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Civil liberties advocacy groups]]
[[Category:Civil rights organizations]]
[[Category:Human rights organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Political organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2007]]

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