NHRC notice to the Government of Tamil Nadu over alleged arrest and torture of a human rights activist (23.07.2016)
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New Delhi, 23nd July, 2016
The Commission has issued a notice to the Government of Tamil Nadu, through its Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, on a complaint that a human rights and environmental activist, Piyush Manush is being ill-treated and brutally tortured by the prison authorities in Salem after being arrested without following the due process of law.
Observing that the allegations made are serious in nature and amount to human rights violation, the Commission has given two weeks to the State Government to respond.
Allegedly, top official had directed the prison authorities to thrash him as he had spearheaded a protest demanding justice for death of 21 years old woman graduate who committed suicide over the use of her morphed image on Facebook and also for a protest over construction of Mulvadi Bridge. His hands were tied and he was beaten by a 30 member's team led by the Superintendent of prison. He has been allegedly, placed in a solitary confinement.
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New Delhi, 23nd July, 2016
The Commission has issued a notice to the Government of Tamil Nadu, through its Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, on a complaint that a human rights and environmental activist, Piyush Manush is being ill-treated and brutally tortured by the prison authorities in Salem after being arrested without following the due process of law.
Observing that the allegations made are serious in nature and amount to human rights violation, the Commission has given two weeks to the State Government to respond.
Allegedly, top official had directed the prison authorities to thrash him as he had spearheaded a protest demanding justice for death of 21 years old woman graduate who committed suicide over the use of her morphed image on Facebook and also for a protest over construction of Mulvadi Bridge. His hands were tied and he was beaten by a 30 member's team led by the Superintendent of prison. He has been allegedly, placed in a solitary confinement.
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