Press Releases
People’s Watch demands that the Government of Tamil Nadu ensures no demolition of the heritage building of the Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai that has been originally built in the year 1842 as Erskines Hospital. We are made to understand...
Condemning the malicious act of circulating manipulated video of Prof. Fathima Babu We are expressing our strong condemnation over the manipulated video of Prof. Fathima Babu, convenor of anti-Sterlite coalition that has been circulated since yesterday in...
People’s Watch condemns the midnight arrest of Mr. S. Vanchinathan, Advocate, Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court and State organizer of the Human Rights Protection Council as well as one of the Members of the Save MKU Movement...
The Human Rights Defenders Alert-India (HRDA) has moved the National Human Rights Council (NHRC) on June 21, 2018 against the arbitrary arrests of Mr. Piyush Manush, Mr. Mansoor Ali Khan and Ms. M Valarmathi in Salem, Tamil Nadu. The...
People’s Watch calls for the order of immediate closure of Sterlite Copper Smelter Plant No. 1 and for the stoppage of construction at the Copper Smelter Plant No.2, by the Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy. People’s Watch would...
(New Delhi, Paris) The Indian Parliament should reject a Cabinet ordinance that would introduce the death penalty for cases of rape of girls under the age of 12, FIDH and its member organizations People’s Watch and Commonwealth Human Rights...
People’s Watch demands the withdrawal of the Madurai Kamaraj University Registrar’s Undemocratic Statement/Circular Warning Action Against Those Participating In Protests & Demonstrations.
Press Statement People's Watch urges recall of MKU VC's Committee Against Prof. Nirmala Devi. People’s Watch denounces the speed and urgency of the actions initiated by the Vice Chancellor of the Madurai Kamaraj University, Mr. P.P. Chelladurai, against Prof. Nirmala Devi. People’s Watch further condemns Mr. P.P. Chelladurai’s announcement that a ‘committee’, led by a Senate member of the University, will conduct an enquiry into the allegations made against Prof. Nirmala Devi.
15.02.2018 Press Release Opinion of UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the arrest and detention of Mr. Thirumurgan Gandhi in Tamil Nadu...
15.02.2018 பத்திரிக்கை செய்தி மே 17 இயக்கத்தை சேர்ந்த திருமுருகன் காந்தி குண்டர் தடுப்பு சட்டத்தின் கீழ் கைது செய்யப்பட்ட விவகாரத்தில் ஐ.நா. வின் நிபுணர் குழு விசாரித்து தனது அறிக்கையை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது 2009 ஆம் ஆண்டு இலங்கையில் நடைபெற்ற இனப்படுகொலையில்...