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Long March
for Justice for STF Victims
20 – 30 April, 2008 From
Sathyamangalam to Chennai
Day 01
20.04.2008
Sathyamangalam
The Long March for Justice for
STF victims taken out by the Campaign for
the Relief and
Rehabilitation of STF Victims from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka took
off today at Sathyamangalam in Erode District, despite being
denied police permission. The March
was preceded by a public meeting at the New Bus Stand in
Sathyamangalam at 9.30. a.m. today, the 20th of
April, 2008.
The meeting was addressed by T. Pandian, State Secretary, CPI,
Tamil Nadu, V. P. Gunasekaran, CPI District Secretary, C.J.
Rajan, CHRM, Adv. Pa Pa Mohan of Pazhangudi Makkal Sangam, Adv.
Balamurugan of PUCL, Mr. Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director,
People's Watch and Mr. Mahaboob Batcha, Managing Trustee, SOCO
Trust, among others.
A 500 – strong crowd comprising of leaders of political
parties, STF victims and members of the Campaign for the Relief
and Rehabilitation of STF Victims from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
then began their long march.
At the outskirts of Sathyamangalam, police stopped the marchers
and prevented them from going further. Four hundred of the
marchers including Henri Tiphagne, Mahaboob Batcha and V.P.
Gunasekaran courted arrest. They are presently under police
custody at the Ramasamy Goundar Maryammal Wedding Hall in
Sathyamanagalam.
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