04.10.2007 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture

Tamil Nadu State: Dalit villagers subjected to police violence and harassment, face false charges after protesting against illegally-located aqua-farm ("Violence against and harassment of Dalit villagers involved in peaceful protest [IND 041007.ESCR]") [ID 21358]

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Custodial Torture in Tamil Nadu ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19108]

"NGOs asserted that custodial torture was common in Tamil Nadu. One human rights lawyer claimed that all police stations in Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, and Chandigarh have torture cells to "soften up" the accused prior to court appearance. However, increased reporting of custodial torture may be the result of greater awareness. In some cases, the state government provided compensation for victims. In July the Madras High Court ordered the state government to pay $6,666 (Rs 294,000) to a woman. The AHRC claimed that local police in Kerala continued to use torture and assault as a means of criminal investigation.  "

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24.11.2005 - Source: BBC News

Tamil Nadu: Film actress's comments on pre-marital sex sparked off demonstrations across the state; several courts also received large number of complaints which claimed that actress's remarks deeply wounded Tamil psyche ("Court moves to protect Khushboo") [#39707],  [ID 7603]

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10.02.2005 - Source: BBC News

Tamil Nadu: Junior cleric in one of country's leading Hindu monasteries, who was charged with conspiracy to murder along with the monastery's head cleric, freed on bail ("Cleric gets bail in murder case") [#28885],  [ID 7604]

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21.01.2005 - Source: BBC News

Tamil Nadu: Prominent Hindu religious leader and his deputy, who were arrested in November in connection with the killing of a temple worker, charged with conspiracy to murder and with destroying evidence of the crime; Hindu leader was recently freed on bail ("Murder conspiracy charge for seer") [#28461],  [ID 7605]

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19.10.2004 - Source: BBC News

Police say they killed Veerappan, one of India’s most wanted men, along with three of his associates; he was accused of more than 100 murders as well as kidnapping, smuggling and poaching ("Indian bandit 'killed by police'") [#26479],  [ID 7606]

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10.2004 - Source: UK Home Office

HIV / Aids ("Country Report - October 2004") [#28325],  [ID 7607]

"[...]5.71 As reflected in the report of a World Bank Study released in 2004 on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India, India is burdened with a larger HIV/AIDS epidemic than any other country in the world. More than 4 million Indian adults are infected with HIV according to official government estimates and the actual number of people with HIV may be as high as 6.5 million. [70](p1) The highest prevalence rates are in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tamil Nadu. [70](Executive Summary xvi) The WHO estimates that HIV/AIDS caused 2 per cent of all deaths and 6 per cent of deaths due to infectious disease in India in 1998 and by 2033 it will account for 17 per cent of all deaths and 40 per cent of deaths due to infectious diseases. [...]"

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