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[1] Tamil Nadu - Chennai Caste Hindus "beat up" Dalits in group clash Special Correspondent 21-year-old died of assault: postmortem report Asirvadam, who had acervical fracture, a swollen face and bruises all over, was in coma in hospital for over 10 days CHENNAI : The Dalits of Mudur in Arakkonam taluk, Vellore , are still in a state of shock over the loss of a fellow villager, a 21-year-old Dalit, Asirvadam, whose post-mortem report cites death as resulting from assault. Asirvadam , who had a cervical fracture, a swollen face and bruises all over, was in coma in the GovernmentGeneral Hospital , here, for over 10 days. "It is unfortunate that my boy, who would shy away from all trouble was beaten up like this for no fault of his," Asirvadam's father, G. Pakianathan, said. He is a head constable with the Central Reserve Police Force and was summoned from his post in the borders of Kashmir over phone in the dead of the night. When he managed to find his way down to Chennai, his son was already beyond help . "His neck was broken, eye injured badly and one ear torn," Pakianathan said, describing his son as he saw him then. Two other Dalits, Perumal and Elango, from the same village, were also beaten up and admitted to the GH, but have since recovered. Recounting the incidents of the July 25 night, they claimed the that caste Hindus of the village lay in wait for them and beat them up. A series of small skirmishes between the two groups led to the incident, they said. About 14 of the attackers were identified and named in the FIR. While cases were booked against the offenders under the IPC, it was only after the intervention of the Tamil Nadu Dalit Women's Movement cases were booked under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and eight of them arrested. As a permanent solution to the problem, the Dalits of the village have demanded that they be constituted into a special panchayat unit. They have threatened to launch an agitation to demand the arrest and prosecution of the other accused in the case. www. thehindu. com 240805 ------------------------------------- [2] From: rkurian1@vsnl.com Date: Sun Aug 28, 2005 Subject: Intolerance in the UK? End this chorus of intolerance : It is uncivilised to demand that Muslims abandon their way of life http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1547594,00.html http://snipurl.com/gwui ------------------------- [3] From: "The Milli Gazette" <edit@milligazette.com> Date: Sun Aug 28, 2005 Subject: Sign petition to protect the Prophet's house Profit before the Prophet By Yvonne Ridley Saudis destroying Mecca Saudi royals destroying home of Muhammed by TAREK FATAH: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1124187827096&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795 Saudi royals destroying home of Muhammed by Mirza A. Beg http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/18123 The destruction of Mecca: Saudi hardliners are wiping out their own heritage by Daniel Howden http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article304029.ece http://www.petitiononline.com/rasul/petition.html -------------------- [4] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Sun Aug 28, 2005 Subject: Globalization Driving Inequality, UN Warns suklasen http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0826-03.htm "Focusing exclusively on economic growth and income generation as a development strategy is ineffective, as it leads to the accumulation of wealth by a few and deepens the poverty of many." UN report, "The World Social Situation: The Inequality Predicament |
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