“Our politics threatens the police and the rulers, which is why they are attacking us” – C. Raju, state coordinator of Makkal Athikaram The Thoothukudi police have continued to hound the people who participated in the anti-Sterlite protests, even as they stand accused of murdering unarmed protesters. In a transparent effort to deflect culpability they […]
Tuticorin’s battle against destruction of environment and humankind by Vedanta Ltd. continues (Find our earlier report on the Anti-Sterlite struggle here). Geethanjali, Lois Sofia Protests against Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper are continuing in Thoothukudi (also called Tuticorin) district in Southern Tamil Nadu. On Saturday, May 5th, thousands participated in a 12-hour hunger strike demanding the […]
Tuticorin rises against destruction of environment and mankind by Vedanta Ltd., in the name of development and economic advancement. Geethanjali, Lois Sofia Protests on March 24, 2018 On a Saturday evening, residents from the coastal city of Thoothukudi (also called Tuticorin) and surrounding villages in the district, came out onto the streets in large numbers protesting […]