Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations

Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) is a union of twenty 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."

Beliefs and objectives

 * "The right to organize and struggle is a basic democratic right of the people."
 * "To stand united against all forms of state repression on people’s democratic struggles."
 * "To support with solidarity actions in the event of attacks by the state on any civil rights organisations or its representatives."

Members
It has twenty members, as follows: