*A team comprising two retired judges of the High Court, two retired IAS, three retired senior IPS officers in addition to senior advocates, journalists and social workers *has* completed its 2-day inquest. A preliminary report is below.*
*INTERIM OBSERVATION* A coalition of civil society organisations in Tamil Nadu titled, ‘Coordinating Committee for People’s Inquest into Thoothukudi Police Firing’ organised a People’s Inquest (PI) on June 2-3, 2018 at Thoothukudi and its suburbs, into the targeted killings, arbitrary detentions and torture on May 22, 2018 and thereafter, in Thoothukudi. As per the latest records, 15 protestors were killed and more than a hundred severely injured in protests against the Sterlite Copper plant. May 22, 2018, marked the 100th day of protests against the Sterlite Copper plant. *The PI team composed of: * 1. Justice (Retd.) B.G. Kolse Patil, Former Judge, Bombay High Court 2. Justice (Retd.) Hariparanthaman, Former Judge, Madras High Court 3. Mr. M.G. Devasahayam IAS (Retd.) Former Chief Secretary Haryana 4. Mr. Christudoss Gandhi IAS (Retd.), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu 5. Mr. Kamal Kumar IPS (Retd.), Former Director, National Police Academy, Hyderabad 6. Mr. R.B.S. Sreekumar IPS (Retd.) Former Director General of Police, Gujarat 7. Mr. Jacob Punnose IPS (Retd.) Former Director General of Police, Kerala & Special Rapporteur NHRC 8. Prof. Dr. K. Mathiharan, Forensic medicine expert & formerly with University of Malaya, Malaysia 9. Ms. Geetha Ramaseshan, Advocate, Madras High Court 10. Dr. Usha Ramanathan, Legal Researcher, New Delhi 11. Ms. Maja Daruwala, Senior Advisor – Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi 12. Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Director – Council for Social Development, Hyderabad 13. Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana 14. Ms. Pamela Philipose, Senior Journalist, New Delhi 15. Mr. Amit Sengupta, Senior Journalist, New Delhi 16. Ms. Kavitha Muralidharan, Journalist, Chennai 17. Dr. Savior Suresh, Forensic Medicine Expert, Chennai 18. Dr. V.A. Ramesh Nathan, Advocate & General Secretary – National Dalit Movement for Justice, New Delhi 19. Mr. Tom Thomas, Convenor – Corporate Responsibility Watch 20. Ms. Kavitha Gajendran, Social Activist, Chennai 21. Dr. T.M.N. Deepak Nathan, President – December 3 Movement 22. Mr. T. Peter, National Fishworkers Forum, Trivandrum 23. Mr. Jasaiah Joseph, National Fishworkers Forum, Kanyakumari http://www.kractivist.org/peoples-inquest-into-thoothukudi-firings-find-tn-police-and-district-admin-guilty-as-accused/ -- Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist Hey folks, coined this term ” Kracktivism “, check out my blog *http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/ <http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/>* Blog for Political prisoners https://indiapoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com Blog for Girl child- http://fassmumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for Kashmir -http://kashmirsolidaritymumbai.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/#!/Kracktivist https://www.facebook.com/kamayani *I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal....... Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
