Henri Tiphagne, executive director of human rights organisation People’s Watch, said that action against those responsible for the firing was a major assurance in the election manifesto of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Henri Tiphagne, executive director of human rights organisation People’s Watch, said that action against those responsible for the firing was a major assurance in the election manifesto of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Anti-Sterlite activists on Friday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government convene the Assembly to discuss the contents of the Justice (retired) Aruna Jegadeesan Commission, which according to reports, has pinned the blame on the police for the May 22, 2018, firing on protesters in Thoothukudi that killed 13 civilians.
Chennai, Aug 19 (IANS): The Justice Aruna Jagadeesan (retd) Commission, which probed the police firing on May 22-23, 2018 on protesters in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, leading to the death of 13 persons, has come out heavily against police officers involved as well as the then district Collector N. Venkitesan. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
தூத்துக்குடி துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு சம்பவம் போல் இனிமேல் நடைபெறக் கூடாது: உயர் நீதிமன்றம் கருத்து
தூத்துக்குடி துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு சம்பவம் போல் இனிமேல் நடைபெறக் கூடாது என, உயர் நீதிமன்றத் தலைமை நீதிபதி தெரிவித்தார்.
மதுரையைச் சேர்ந்த வழக்கறிஞர் ஹென்றி திபேன், உயர் நீதிமன்ற மதுரைக் கிளையில் தாக்கல் செய்த பொதுநல மனுவில், "தூத்துக்குடி மாவட்டம் ஸ்டெர்லைட் ஆலைக்கு எதிராக 2018-ல் போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டவர்கள் மீது நடத்திய துப்பாக்கிச் சூட்டில் 14 நபர்கள் உயிரிழந்தனர்.
The Madras High Court on Friday directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to forward a copy of its "undisclosed" investigation report into the 2018 police firing incident at Thoothukudi, in which 16 persons were reportedly killed while protesting against Sterlite's copper smelting plant in the area (Henri Tiphagne v. NHRC and ors).
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday has summoned Thoothukudi Superintendent of Police Murali Rambha after a public interest litigation petition alleged clampdown by the police on anti-Sterlite protesters.
Hearing a public interest litigation alleging illegal detention and threatening of persons involved in Anti-Strelite activities in Thoothukudi, the Madras Bench of Madras High Court summoned the Thoothukudi Superintendent of Police.
Henri Tiphagne, executive director of People’s Watch, has blamed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for giving a silent burial to the
case relating to the anti-Sterlite protest in May 2018 in which 13 people were killed in police firing.