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All of the arrestees were later released.
Full story in:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/10/12/stories/2004101207710100.htm
Kathiravan, Karaikudi
26 November 2004
Kathiaravan was kept in custody for several days illegally.
General Secretary H. Raja demanded severe action against the investigating officers and
said the police could not keep a person in police custody for more than 24 hours.
Full story in:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112610060400.htm
Police Intimidation
(Although the following cases are not examples of toture, the cases demonstrate police attempts to silence
human rights organizations and the press.)
Staff of People’s Watch Tamil Nadu, Madurai
5 November 2003
The staff of People’s Watch Tamil Nadu (PWTN) had been active in public hearings
conducted by the National Commission for Women and the State Commission for Women
in Virudhunagar, Madurai on 27-28 October 2003. They had assisted in deposing numerous
victims of police excesses.
On 5 November 2003 in the early morning, the police raided the offices of PWTN, allegedly
searching for the accused in a criminal case registered at M. Pudupatti PS, Sivakasi Taluk.
Annual Report on Torture
2007
Malini Parthasarathy and others, Chennai
7 November 2003
The Tamil Nadu Assembly sentenced the Executive Editor of The Hindu, Malini
Parthasarathy, as well as its Publisher and Editor and two senior journalists, to fifteen days’
imprisonment for breach of privilege. The Assembly also sentenced S. Selvam, Editor of
Murasoli, the DMK Party newspaper, on the same count.
About thirty minutes after the Assembly passed its order, police jeeps carrying about two
dozen policemen, some of them in riot gear, arrived at the head office of The Hindu in
Chennai.