People’s Watch demands Constitutional, legal action on 4 AIADMK MLAs who resigned and took the people for a ride in Tamil Nadu
MADURAI: Powerful civil society organization People’s Watch in Madurai had today demanded that appropriate legal and Constitutional action must be taken against the four MLAs who had resigned recently and joined another political party just within few days of 2026 assembly elections and results in the State.
In India’s Dark Record on Custodial Deaths, Jharkhand HC Offers Rare Hope
Edgar Kaiser May 18, 2026
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The Jharkhand High Court orders fresh judicial probes into 262 of 427 custodial deaths, flags grave legal violations, and links them to wider national failures on torture, accountability and compensation. Edgar Kaiser asks: Can this verdict become a model to fix India’s custodial justice crisis?
I did not know that this visit would inaugurate the longest battle of my life’: Henri Tiphagne on 14 years of fighting the FCRA regime
MAY 21, 2012, was the day. It was a Monday morning, and like any other busy day in our office, our colleagues were darting through the corridors. Advocates rushing to the courts, fact-finding teams getting geared up for their field investigation, our human rights education team returning from training and our Help Line unit, as always, busy with their clients. I, like any other day, was trying to hold everything together.
People's Watch wishes to warmly congratulate the Honourable Chief Minister, Thiru. C. Joseph Vijay, on successfully carrying out his duties as the new Chief Minister by respecting democratic norms, adhering to social justice principles and the rule of law.
This Press Meet demands the complete fulfilment of demands that had not been met during the previous DMK regime on the 8th anniversary of the 16 lives lost in the Thoothukudi Sterlite firing and its immediate aftermath on May 22, 2018.
