Over 1 lakh widows in the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka live in the constant fear of sexual harassment, said a group of human rights activists, who have returned after visiting the island nation, on Monday.
Over 1 lakh widows in the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka live in the constant fear of sexual harassment, said a group of human rights activists, who have returned after visiting the island nation, on Monday.
TIRUVANNAMALAI: Weeks after a 56-year-old hearing-impaired tribal man was killed in an ‘encounter’ at Gollapalli forest area in Andhra Pradesh for his alleged involvement in red sanders smuggling, his body reached Tiruvannamalai on Monday night after a second postmortem. However, blaming the district administration’s apathy to arrange for a hearse, villagers had to carry the body on their shoulders for nearly 12km from the foothills to Kanamalai village.
The body of C. Kamaraj, the woodcutter who was reportedly killed in an encounter by the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department officials in Kadapa district early this month on suspicion of being a red sanders smuggler, was tied to poles and carried for five kilometres to his house in Jawadu Hills, here on Tuesday morning.
He later called it off at 4 pm.Mugilan said in his petition to SP (Prison) Urmila that he was staging the hunger strike to exert pressure to release Thirumurugan Gandhi.
Condemning the arrest of May-17 Movement Coordinator Thirumurugan Gandhi on sedition charges, human rights activist and remand prisoner RS Mugilan staged a hunger strike inside the Madurai Central Prison on Wednesday. He later called it off at 4 pm.Mugilan said in his petition to SP (Prison) Urmila that he was staging the hunger strike to exert pressure to release Thirumurugan Gandhi
சித்தூர் மாவட்டம் ஸ்ரீகாளஹஸ்தி அடுத்த கொல்லப்பல்லி என்ற வனபகுதியில் செம்மரம் வெட்ட வந்ததாக கூறி திருவண்ணாமலை மாவட்டம் ஜவ்வாதுமலையில் உள்ள கானமழை கிராமத்தை சேர்ந்த காமராஜ் என்பவரை கடப்பா வனத்துறை அதிகாரிகள் கடந்த 31ம் தேதி சுட்டுக் கொலை செய்தனர்
Students took to the streets in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India after several videos that showed sexual assaults on college girls were posted online.
A throng of women's rights campaigners demanded the authorities on March 14 to quickly investigate the assaults and also provide protection to the victims. Many of the victims in the videos have since been identified based on the footage.
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