இலங்கையில் சிங்கள ராணுவத்துக்கும், தமிழீழ விடுதலைப்புலிகளுக்கும் இடையே நடந்த இறுதிக்கட்ட போரின்போது ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் தமிழ் மக்கள் கொல்லப்பட்ட சமயத்தில், தமிழ்நாட்டு மக்களிடையே ஓர் அசாதாரண சூழல் நிலவியது. அதேபோன்றதொரு பதற்றமான மனநிலைக்குத் தமிழக மக்களை தற்போதைய ஆட்சியாளர்கள் தள்ளிவிட்டுள்ளதாகக் கொதிக்கிறார்கள் சமூக ஆர்வலர்கள்.
தமிழகம் நன்கறிந்த மனித உரிமை செயற்பட்டாளர் ஹென்றி திபேன் இந்த போராட்ட களத்தில் உள்ளே இருந்தவர் தூத்துக்குடியில் என்னவெல்லாம் நடந்தன ? சொல்கிறார் ஹென்றி திபேன்
MADURAI: Violation of human rights in the police firing on Tuesday was total and those who fired the shots at the people were not in police uniform, alleged human tights activist and executive director of People’s Watch, Henry Tiphagne, who was witnessed to what he called police excesses.
Q: Were you present during the protest in Tuticorin on Tuesday?
HT: Yes, we went there to monitor the protest and had informed the superintendent of police of Tuticorin as well as the State Human Rights Commission of our move to do so.
TUTICORIN: Promotional videos and a strong campaign on social media asking people to join the mass protest on Tuesday to put pressure on the government to close down Sterlite helped mobilise several thousand people.
Sterlite violence: Video shows policemen taking aim and shooting at protesters
In a sequence of events caught on video, a policeman in a yellow T shirt is standing on top of
the van and firing.
Illegal detention and torture of people, including many students who took part in the anti-Sterlite protests, and even the general public, were continuing in Thoothukudi, alleged the Madurai-based non-governmental organisation People’s Watch, which is involved in coordinating a people’s inquest on the recent police firingduring protests against Sterlite.
Government accused of unleashing terror on innocent people; probe by sitting HC judge demanded
Political outfits including the Thamizhaga Vazhvurimai Kootamaippu, the Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and the May 17 Movement took out a procession and held an agitation in the city on Thursday condemning the killing of 12 protesters in Thoothukudi.
Thoothukudi under siege after another death in Sterlite protest
Police beat a protestor demanding closure of Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, May 23. One person was killed during the clash, after police’s open fire killed at least 10 people on May 22, and injured
Thoothukudi continues to be in the grip of fear as a young man was killed in a fresh round of firing by the police on Wednesday, May 23. Visuals of cops dragging his body became viral on social media
CHENNAI: While even in Kashmir only pellet guns were used, why should the Tamil Nadu police use bullets? This is the most common question raised by activists and legal luminaries.
Former judge of the Madras High Court K Chandru said the handling of the protest by the district administration and police highlighted lack of planning on the part of the district administration and also police.
People’s Watch, a programme unit of the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns, wants Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy to issue orders for immediate closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelter Part No 1 and stoppage of construction at the second plant.
The inaction of Chief Minister during the 100-day Tuticorin Sterlite protest resulted in the death of a dozen innocent people and caused heavy damage to properties.
