Chronology of Events in Angammal’s Case (Police Torture) Usilampatti, Madurai

From the 7th April, the media started to carry reports that 20 men from Tamil Nadu had been killed earlier that day in an encounter in the Seshachalam forest in Andhra Pradesh, where, according to the State police, they were...

The NHRC in its ‘guidelines/procedures to be followed in cases of deaths caused in police action’ issued in 2003 and revised in May 2010 clearly state the need for encounter killings by the police to be investigated by an independent...

A Case Study on the Torture and Death of Karuppi Paramakudi, Ramnad District, Tamil Nadu November 25 th , 2002-February 14 th , 2013 Submitted by: A. Ted Samuel On February 14th, 2013, the Principal District and Sessions Court of...

On the 16th of July, 2016, six tribal women and a twelve-year-old girl were sexually harassed by a group of forest officials in the Cumbum reserve forest near Theni. The women and the girl were a part of a twelve-member...

This report contains details gathered by a ‘high-level’ fact-finding team on the pro- Jallikattu protests and the violence unleashed by the police against the protesters and bystanders. We, at People’s Watch, launched a high-level public inquest into allegations by several...

W.P.(MD) No.996/2016 before the Hon. Madurai Bench of Madras High Court . Case of one Mr. G.Praveen son of Ganesan a Student discontinued his studies from the Institute, seeking legal Assistant to get back his Original certificates such as 10...

Fourteen members of the nomadic Kurava community from Mottamalai, near Thirumangalam near Madurai went to Mandaikadu in Kanyakumari District to find jobs. There were five men, four women and five children. Once they reached Mandaikadu, the group sought permission from...

Angammal Vs State Represented by on 20 September, 2016 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 20.09.2016 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.V.MURALIDARAN CRIMINAL APPEAL (MD).No. 207 of 2013 Angammal: Appellant Vs. 1.State represented...

Andhra Pradesh Police Abducted, Tortured and Killed 20 Poor Tamil Labourers A case of 20 abductions, torture, extra judicial killing and causing disappearance of evidence of offence by AP Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling STF & Police and forest department