16.01.2005 - Source:

Backgroundinformation onTamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT) [ID 7629]

"[...]The TNRT was formed with the objective of fighting for an independent homeland for Tamils in India. Reports also held that the TNRT would seek to eventually extend the boundaries of the Tamil nation to form a greater Tamil nation including what now comprises Tamil Nadu and the areas in Sri Lanka, which the LTTE claims constitute Tamil Eelam.[...]"

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16.01.2005 - Source:

Backgroundinformation onTamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT) [ID 7630]

"[...]The TNRT was formed with the objective of fighting for an independent homeland for Tamils in India. Reports also held that the TNRT would seek to eventually extend the boundaries of the Tamil nation to form a greater Tamil nation including what now comprises Tamil Nadu and the areas in Sri Lanka, which the LTTE claims constitute Tamil Eelam.[...]"

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11.08.2004 - Source: Asian Centre for Human Rights

Article on Draft National Policy on Tribals and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ("Spanners in the Draft National Policy on Tribals (ACHRF/33/04)") [#24835],  [ID 7631]

"[...]The majority of the States have failed to set up Special Courts under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. As of 2 February 2003, exclusive Special Courts have been set up only in Andhra Pradesh (12), Bihar (11), Chhatisgarh (07), Gujarat (10), Karnataka (06), Madhya Pradesh (29), Rajasthan (17), Tamil Nadu (04), Uttar Pradesh (40) and Uttranchal (01). [...]"

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10.08.2004 - Source: BBC News

Tamil Nadu: The government in the southern state has withdrawn charges against a senior politician and eight of his supporters accused of supporting the Tamil Tigers ("Indian MP terror charges dropped") [#24652],  [ID 7632]

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18.05.2004 - Source: BBC News

State of Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister Jayalalitha has withdrawn a series of political decisions taken in the last two years, after her party, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazakham suffered a huge defeat in recent national elections ("Jayalalitha makes sudden U-turn") [#22398],  [ID 7633]

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07.05.2004 - Source: BBC News

Tamil Nadu: The Indian Supreme Court has halted all court proceedings against a leading politician, who was facing charges under anti-terrorism laws ("Court boost for Indian MP") [#22199],  [ID 7634]

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20.01.2004 - Source: Refugees International

Tamil Nadu: At present 61,000 Sri Lankan Tamils are living in 103 government-run camps/ additional 20,000 refugees live outside the camps ("Sri Lankan Refugees in India: Hesitant to Return") [#19610],  [ID 7635]

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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 7636]

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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 7637]

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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 7638]

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