03.11.2005 - Source: BBC News

Villagers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka state killed, raped and tortured by police during search for outlaw Veerappan, who was shot dead in October 2004 ("Report details police atrocities") [#38587],  [ID 7608]

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14.01.2005 - Source: Human Rights Watch

The Indian government should ensure that tsunami victims receive assistance in an equitable manner without caste or religious bias ("India: End Caste Bias in Tsunami Relief") [#28432],  [ID 7609]

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10.2004 - Source: UK Home Office

Women´s situation in Tamil Nadu ("Country Report - October 2004") [#28325],  [ID 7610]

"[...]6.255 In 2003 the Government of Tamil Nadu issued a report on Human Development in Tamil Nadu which included a chapter entitled Gender. The report states that the performance of Tamil Nadu in a number of areas including female literacy, infant mortality rates, life expectancy and fertility rates shows that the status of women is higher in Tamil Nadu than in other states with the exception of Kerala. However the report acknowledges that their position as regards men has remained unchanged or even worsened as far as the declining sex ratio is concerned.[18](p93) [...]"

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10.07.2004 - Source: Human Rights Watch

Tamil Nadu: at least 20 people injured when police used excessive force while responding to a riot at the Kandadevi religious festival ("India: Probe Police Attacks on ‘Untouchables’") [#23915],  [ID 7611]

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23.03.2004 - Source: UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)

Report on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (English, French and Spanish) ("Civil and political rights, including the questions of: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Report of the Special Rapporteur, Theo van Boven; Addendum: Summary of information, including individual cases, transmitted to Governments and replies received [E/CN.4/2004/56/Add.1]") [#23236],  [ID 7612]

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25.02.2004 - Source: US Department of State

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 ("Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003") [#19765],  [ID 7613]

"[...] Intercaste violence claimed hundreds of lives; it was especially pronounced in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. [...]

[...]In January 2002, a tribal woman alleged that she was raped by the head constable in Vaniyyambadi Police Station in Tamil Nadu after being arrested on theft charges. The case was pending in the Chennai High Court at year's end. [...]"

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25.02.2004 - Source: US Department of State

USDOS: Tamil Nadu: Religous Freedom ("Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003") [#19765],  [ID 7614]

"[...]On January 10, the controversial Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Act that bans "forced" religious conversions was passed in the state of Tamil Nadu. In February, the "Freedom of Religion" Bill that provides penalties for conversion using allurement or force, including up to 3 years in prison and a fine of $1,000 (50,000 Rs), was passed in Gujarat. Conversions in Gujarat must be assessed by officials, and prior permission given by the District Magistrate. Human rights advocates believed that both laws make it more difficult for poor persons, mistreated minorities, and others ostracized under the caste system, to convert from Hinduism to another religion. Further, the Tamil Nadu law requires that persons involved in a conversion report it to the local magistrate within 10 days. Authorities in Tamil Nadu announced their intention to enforce the law as a deterrent to large-scale conversions. The Gujarat bill requires persons converting to have prior permission from the district authorities before conversion. [...]"

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25.02.2004 - Source: US Department of State

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 ("Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003") [#19765],  [ID 7615]

"[...]In addition to these state human rights commissions, special courts to hear human rights cases were established in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh. However, the courts in Uttar Pradesh did not function, despite a 1999 court order that they be reactivated. [...]"

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25.02.2004 - Source: US Department of State

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 ("Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003") [#19765],  [ID 7616]

"[...]The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's race, sex, religion, place of birth, or social status and government authorities worked to enforce these provisions with varying degrees of success. Despite laws designed to prevent discrimination, social and cultural practices as well as other legislation had a profound discriminatory impact, and discrimination against women, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, and national, racial, and ethnic minorities was a problem. The traditional caste system, as well as differences of ethnicity, religion, and language, deeply divide society. According to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, caste clashes were frequent in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Tamil Nadu. [...]"

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25.02.2004 - Source: US Department of State

USDOS: Child labour ("Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003") [#19765],  [ID 7617]

"[...]Bonded child labor in silk twining factories was a problem. The labor commissioner estimated that there were 3,000 bonded child laborers in the Magadi silk twining factories. In January, HRW traveled to the country to investigate reported use of child slaves in the silk industry. HRW interviewed children in three states, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, and found that production of silk thread still depended on bonded children. The report said, "At every stage of the silk industry, bonded children as young as 5 years old work 12 or more hours a day, six and a half or 7 days a week. Children making silk thread dip their hands in boiling water that burns and blisters them. They breathe smoke and fumes from machinery, handle dead worms that cause infections, and guide twisting threads that cut their fingers. By the time they reach adulthood, they are improvised, illiterate, and often crippled by the work."
[...]"

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01.01.2004 - Source: Asian Centre for Human Rights

Analysis of the POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) judgement and POTA Amendment Bill 2003 ("Interpreters of the Draconian: An analysis of the POTA judgement and POTA Amendment Bill 2003 (ACHRF/01/2004)") [#18832],  [ID 7618]

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15.12.2003 - Source: BBC News

Tamil Nadu state: hundreds of supporters of the Dravida Munnetra Kazakham (DMK), the main opposition party in the state, arrested while protesting against an anti-terrorism law ("Arrests during Tamil Nadu protest") [#18227],  [ID 7619]

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11.11.2003 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture

Tamil Nadu: Executive Director of PW-TN was personally intimidated and threatened by senior police officials in a raid conducted by the police in its premises at Madurai ("India : Police raid against People's Watch - Tamil Nadu [IND 002/1103/OBS 061]") [#17571],  [ID 7620]

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10.11.2003 - Source: BBC News

India's Supreme Court has halted an order to arrest six journalists, five of whom work for one of the country's most respected newspapers The Hindu ("Court win for Indian journalists") [#17496],  [ID 7621]

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09.11.2003 - Source: BBC News

Journalists across India have rallied and hundreds of reporters are on day-long hunger-strike, protesting against the imprisonment of 5 senior staff of one of the country's most respected newspapers, The Hindu ("India leaders attack 'media gag'") [#17488],  [ID 7622]

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04.07.2003 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture

Tamil Nadu: Humiliation and torture of people in the name of a police inquiry in Vittukatti, reported ("India: torture of a number of arbitrarily arrested murder suspects") [#14073],  [ID 7623]

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29.04.2003 - Source: Reporters Sans Frontières

Tamil Nadu: Editor of the Tamil-language magazine Nakkheeran harassed by police since he was arrested ("Editor of Nakkheeran harassed in detention") [#12281],  [ID 7624]

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14.04.2003 - Source: Reporters Sans Frontières

Tamil Nadu: Editor of the biweekly Tamil magazine Nakkheeran, arrested for supposed "illegal possession of firearms" and "sedition" / allegedly it was an attempt by police to hide their inability to find Veerapan, one of India's most notorious bandits ("Editor of Nakkheeran arrested in Tamil Nadu") [#12067],  [ID 7625]

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26.02.2003 - Source: Reporters Sans Frontières

Tamil Nadu: Editor of the Tamil-language Nakkheeran semi-weekly magazine harassed by police because of his alleged relations with the wanted bandit, Veerappan ("Police harass the editor and editorial staff of a publication in Tamil Nadu") [#11066],  [ID 7626]

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31.01.2003 - Source: Reporters Sans Frontières

Tamil Nadu: journalist Krishna Kumar arrested reportedly for criticising police brutality ("Reporter arrested in Tamil Nadu state") [#10789],  [ID 7627]

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14.01.2003 - Source: UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)

Report focused on violence against women (its causes and consequences) ("Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective: The violence against women [E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.2]") [#11278],  [ID 7628]

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