The number of crimes against women reported to police in India rose by 83 percent from 2007 to 2016

By Anuradha Nagaraj

CHENNAI, India, March 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A wave of student protests rocked India's southern state of Tamil Nadu on Thursday after a number of videos showing sexual assaults on college girls were posted online.

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Protests erupt in India after series of videos showing college girls being gang-raped and begging to be freed are posted online by blackmailers

NGO forms all-women panel to inquire case

Madurai: An all-women independent high-level committee comprising retired bureaucrats, police officers, lawyers and members of the civil society has been constituted by the human rights NGO, People’s Watch to inquire into the Pollachi sexual abuse case. 

Demands High Court-monitored investigation

Madurai-based human rights organisation People’s Watch has decided to form a high-level committee comprising eminent women from civil society to conduct an enquiry into the Pollachi sexual abuse case.

Man goes missing on train, kin accuses Railway Police of inaction

When the family requested the officials to scan through CCTV footage to trace the man, they claimed the technical person was not available and the family was asked to wait.

‘Why are the police asking irrelevant questions?’: Disquiet grows over missing Sterlite activist

RS Mugilan disappeared last month after publicly accusing top police officials of colluding with Sterlite to ‘orchestrate violence’ during the Thoothukudi stir.

Award for Henri Tiphagne

Henri Tiphagne, founder and executive director of Madurai-based human rights organisation People’s Watch, has been selected for the Nani A. Palkhiwala Award for Civil Liberties this year under the individuals category.

நானி எ.பல்கிவாலா நினைவு விருது.. மக்கள் கண்காணிப்பகம் புதிய சாதனை!

சென்னை: மக்கள் கண்காணிப்பத்தின் நிர்வாக இயக்குநரும் வழக்கறிஞருமான ஹென்றி திபேனுக்கு 16வது நானி எ.பல்கிவாலா நினைவு விருது வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது. தேசிய அளவில் மிக உயரிய மற்றும் பிரபலமான விருதுகளில் ஒன்றான 16-வது நானி எ.பல்கிவாலா விருது ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் முக்கியமான சாதனையாளர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படும். இந்த விருதானது இந்தாண்டு மதுரையைச் சேர்ந்த மக்கள் கண்காணிப்பகத்தின் நிர்வாக இயக்குநரும் மூத்த வழக்கறிஞருமான திரு. ஹென்றி திபேனுக்கு வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது.

Human Rights Defender Henri Tiphagne Selected to Win Civil Liberties Award

Tiphagne, the founder of the human rights organisation People’s Watch said, "The award is a boost for continuing the fight for dissent, democracy and human rights not only in the courts of law, but also on the streets."