Seshachalam Tragedy: A Decade of Silence and Desperate Call for Justice
Vanaja Jasphine and Edgar Kaiser
On April 7, 2015, the Seshachalam forest in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, became the backdrop for one of the darkest chapters in India’s fight for human rights.
Tamil Nadu: JAACT seeks special Act against police excesses
Chief Minister MK Stalin, who praised the film Jai Bhim (which talks about the gruesome truth of custodial
torture), should take responsibility for the custodial deaths taking place under his nose, they said
When the State praises ‘encounter specialists’ like S Velladurai IPS for their extra-constitutional acts, and spares ‘torture specialists’ like Balvir Singh IPS, police accountability goes for a toss.
NHRC urged to lift Andhra HC stay on Chittoor encounter case
It also directed the AP government to pay Rs 5 lakh interim relief to kin of each victims and suggested a CBI probe into the incident
MADURAI: The Joint Action Against Custodial Torture -Tamil Nadu & Puducherry (JAACTTN) has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to take steps to get the interim stay of Andhra Pradesh High Court vacated so that the commission’s directions regarding the Chittoor encounter killings can be implemented.
