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 Illegal custody: left activities awarded compensation
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has ordered a compensation of Rs 10,000 each to two activists of Poraatom for keeping them illegally in police custody. Commission chairperson Justice N. Dinakar also directed that the amount should be collected from the police officials responsible for the illegal custody, a statement from the commission said. Poraatom activists Sunil Babu and Vinod were taken into custody by Attapadi police on August 31 last year and allegedly tortured. |
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Kerala Thoughts
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Thiruvananthapuram: An interim report by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) released on Friday said the total number of emigrant population from the kerala was at 2.1 million, a significant increase from 1.84 million in 2003, when the study was last conducted. The total number of people who returned home was 1.1 million in 2008, up from 890,000 in 2003. |
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Legal Support for Victims
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GOOD news for Indian workers, particularly those involved in labor disputes or detained in Saudi jails, as a group of social organizations under the Federation of Kerala Associations in Saudi Arabia (Fokasa) has announced the launch of legal aid services for destitute Indians. Fokasa is an umbrella organization of around 21 associations and 100 volunteers based in different parts of the Kingdom. The group has been engaged in offering humanitarian services to distressed Indian workers here, such as, paperwork with the Indian Embassy, mediation with employers, hospitalization of ailing workers, repatriation of corpses or injured workers, and offering relief supplies to abandoned workers. |
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Interesting Events
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Chalakudy River Protection Forum is an environmental activist group which campaign against a proposed Hydro Electrict Power Project in Chalakkudy River. The project will destroy the remaining biodiversity, lives & livelihoods of people based on Chalakudy river. The peaceful agitations led by Chalakudyriver Protection Forum completes one year on February 25, 2009. Starting from 23rd Februay, the group will host various events to gather more public support to their environmental cause. All are welcome. |
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Kerala Thoughts
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Of late, some leaders have been saying that the minority communities in Kerala are pressuring the government to avail themselves of more benefits. These leaders, however, have been careful not to specify the benefits so received. In reality, the backward communities and the minorities are yet to receive what is guaranteed to them by law. Education and government services are two examples. Every other sector too has a similar story to tell. |
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