Thursday, August 21, 2008

National People's Tribunal to hear the horror stories of police atrocities victims in terror related cases

Submitted by Tarique Anwar on 21 August 2008 - 3:01pm.


By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,

Hyderabad : In first of its kind move by the Indian NGOs and Human Rights Organizations, a national level People's Tribunal will start its three day sitting in Hyderabad from Friday (August 22) to hear the stories of atrocities, torture, harassment and victimization by the police and intelligence agencies of the members of Muslim minority in the name of fight against terrorism.

The People's Tribunal with a jury comprising of retired High Court and Supreme Court judges, senior lawyers and human rights activists, will hear as many as 70 such innocent victims or their family members their tales of horrors.

The People's Tribunal, which will sit at the Siasat Auditorium, will also hear the versions of the lawyers who dared to take up the cause of the innocent people and who were attacked in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and other place.


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