Many of the victims of police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi last May have not been adequately compensated, People’s Watch, a human rights organisation, has said.
Many of the victims of police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi last May have not been adequately compensated, People’s Watch, a human rights organisation, has said.
Human rights activists, who voiced their support for families of victims of those killed and injured during the anti-Sterlite rally in Thoothukudi on May 22 last year, have been humiliated by the district administration and Police, Henri Tiphagne, executive director of ‘People’s Watch’, a Madurai based human rights organisation, said.
People’s Watch, a human rights organisation, in its new report, “A Year After Thoothukudi Burned”, has said it is "surprised" by the silence of the National Human Rights Commission, the CBI and the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission of inquiry over the police firing on peaceful protestors in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, "brutally" killing 11.
ஸ்டெர்லைட் துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு சம்பவம் தேசிய மனித உரிமை ஆணையம் மீண்டும் விசாரிக்க கோரிக்கை
Two days after 25 remand prisoners staged an agitation at Madurai Central Prison, a public interest litigation petition filed at the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday sought constitution of a fact-finding team to probe the incident.
The petitioner, Aseervatham of Madurai, sought a probe into the incident by a fact-finding team comprising a Chief Judicial Magistrate and two advocate commissioners to find out the reasons for the agitation.
‘Treated badly’
Madurai: Following the recent protest by inmates inside the Madurai Central Prison demanding better facilities in prison and the subsequent violence, human rights organisation, People’s Watch has moved the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday seeking directions to the chief judicial magistrate, Madurai along with two advocate commissioners to immediately visit prison and ensure non-escalation of further violence.
Indian rights defender for solidarity among common people
Indian human rights defender Henri Tiphagne on Tuesday called for solidarity among common people across the world for the establishment of the dignity of human rights defenders.
The founder and executive director of Madurai-based rights organisation People’s Watch made the call in an interview with New Age on the sideline of a workshop on the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Bangladesh’s review by the Committee Against Torture at a city hotel.
A heritage building, which was to be torn down as part of an infrastructure development project by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH), would now be protected, said Dean K. Vanitha.
