July - September - People's watch
July - September - People's watch
July - September - People's watch
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PUBLICATION<br />
BOOK FAIR AT MADURAI<br />
BAPASI Booksellers and Publishers Association of<br />
South India organized the 6<br />
Annual Book Fair at<br />
nd<br />
Tamukkam grounds, Madurai from 2 to 11<br />
<strong>September</strong> 2011. <strong>People's</strong> Watch participated in the<br />
Book Fair and released 4 Books on Human Rights. The<br />
4 books “Human Rights in Tamilnadu-2009, Human<br />
Rights in Tamilnadu-2010, “Manitha Urimaikalai<br />
Kondaduvom” and “Salva Judum Puratchikara Theerppu were released by <strong>People's</strong> Watch. Dr.Devasahayam<br />
presided over the Book release function. All major publishers participated in this Book Fair.<br />
RCTV-Illegal detention of Kal Oddars PW Intervention<br />
Four persons belonging to the Kal Oddar community, who were illegally detained by the police recently, were<br />
released without any charges on 7<br />
th<br />
August 2011. Despite the pleas and cries of the women folk, the police<br />
officials forcibly took away Radhakrishnan, Santhosh, Deva (aka) Velu and Ayyappan, who is a minor, to Karimedu<br />
Police Station where their photographs were taken as ordered by Inspector Vivekananda and SubInspector Seeni.<br />
They were threatened that they would be charged with at least five cases each and will be branded as a convict for<br />
the rest of their lives. The Sub-Inspector Seeni verbally abused them and during the raid Radhakrishnan, an<br />
asthma patient, was severely manhandled.<br />
The Inspector also claimed that the detention was an order from the Superintendent of Police which turned out<br />
to be a false as clarification was sought from the SP regarding this remark.<br />
Regarding the illegal detention, Pradeep, Helpline Coordinator at <strong>People's</strong> Watch, who helped the victims with<br />
free legal aid commented, “Though the Kal Oddars still come under the Habitual Offenders Act, the basic<br />
guidelines laid by the Supreme Court in DK Basu case for arrest were not followed by these police officials.<br />
Also, it is suspected that the City Police are involved in this issue as the police van that was used for the arrest<br />
belonged to them.”<br />
TRAININGS FOR LAWYERS<br />
th<br />
th<br />
Lawyers' Training Sonepur ( Odisha)<br />
An Advanced Training for Lawyers on "Access to Justice<br />
th<br />
through Legal Services Authority" was conducted from 13 to<br />
th<br />
15 August 2011 at Sonepur, Orissa.<br />
Lawyers' Training Jaipur( Rajasthan)<br />
Training for "Lawyers on Access to Justice through Legal<br />
th th<br />
Services Authority" was conducted from 26 to 28 August<br />
2011.<br />
<strong>People's</strong> Watch
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