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மரணதண்டனை தீர்ப்பு: அனைத்துலக மன்னிப்பு சபை எதிர்ப்பு

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பேரறிவாளன், முருகன், சாந்தன் ஆக்கியோரின் மரணதண்டனை தொடர்பிலான தீர்ப்பினையும் அத்துடன் இந்திய ஜனாதியால் நிராகரிக்கப்பட்ட தண்டனைக்குறைப்பு வேண்டுதலையும் சர்வதேச மன்னிப்பு சபை விமர்ச்சித்துள்ளது. மட்டுமன்ரி மரணதண்டனை தீர்ப்பிர்கு தமது கடும் எதிர்ப்பினை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

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THREE MEN FACE IMMINENT EXECUTION

AI-Index: ASA 20/040/2011

Two Sri Lankans and an Indian national convicted for the assassination of India’s former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, are facing imminent execution in Vellore prison in Tamil Nadu, India. This follows the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President of India. If carried out, these would be the first executions in India since 2004.

Murugan and Santhan, both 41, and Arivu alias Perarivalan, 37, were sentenced to death in January 1998 by a Special Anti-Terrorist Court on grounds of involvement in the assassination of India’s former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Their sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court of India in May 1999. According to information received by Amnesty International and reports in the Indian media, their mercy petitions were rejected by the President in August 2011, following the advice of the Government of India.

The three men were amongst 26 people sentenced to death by a special court at the Poonamallee jail complex in Tamil Nadu, under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (TADA) – a law that contained provisions that were incompatible with international standards for fair trial. On appeal, a three-judge Supreme Court bench confirmed the death sentences of Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan and a woman, Nalini, while acquitting 19 persons of the murder charges and commuting the death sentences of three others. In April 2000, the Governor of Tamil Nadu commuted Nalini’s sentence to life imprisonment, but rejected the mercy petitions of the three men. A mercy petition for the three men was sent to the Government of India in April 2000 and eventually only decided upon at the beginning of August 2011.

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. The eleven-year delay in announcing the verdict of the mercy petition and the resultant stay on death row may further amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. The Supreme Court of India has itself commuted death sentences in a number of cases due to prolonged delay in deciding mercy petitions.

Additional Information

This is the third set of mercy petitions to be rejected since June 2011. No executions have taken place in India since 2004. The move to resume executions after a seven-year hiatus would put the country against the regional and global trend towards abolition of the death penalty.

UN bodies and mechanisms have repeatedly called upon Member States to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty, most recently through the adoption of a third UN General Assembly resolution on the matter in December 2010. In a general comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which India is a State Party, the UN Human Rights Committee stated that Article 6 "refers generally to abolition [of the death penalty] in terms which strongly suggest... that abolition is desirable. The Committee concludes that all measures of abolition should be considered as progress in the enjoyment of the right to life... ".

Other national and regional bodies have also recognized that prolonged detention on death row can amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. This is in addition to international law and standards which make clear that prisoners under sentence of death have the right throughout the process to make maximum use of the judicial and clemency processes available, including by petitioning international bodies.

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases, regardless of the nature of the crime, the characteristics of the offender, or the method of execution.

Prime Minister of India,

Dr. Manmohan Singh,

South Block,

Raisina Hill,

New Delhi 110 001,

India.

Fax: +91 11 23019545 // … 23016857

Email (via form): http://pmindia.nic.in/feedback.htm

Subject: The death sentence of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan

Dear Prime Minister,

I kindly urge that the death sentence of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan be commuted.

While I agree the seriousness of the crime, these have suffered long 11 years in the jail. And India should join many other nations who have abolished death penalty. India should be an exemplary we well.

Sincerely,

Copies to

Minister of Home Affairs,

P Chidambaram,

104, North Block,

Central Secretariat,

New Delhi 110001,

India.

Fax: + 91 11 23094221

Email: hm@nic.in

Ambassade de la République de l'Inde,

Kirchenfeldstrasse 28,

Case postale 406,

3000 Berne 6.

Fax: 031 351 15 57

E-mail: india@indembassybern.ch

President of India,

President Pratibha Patil,

Rashtrapati Bhavan,

New Delhi 110 004,

Fax: +91 11 23017290 // ... 23017824,

India.

Email (via form): http://helpline.rb.nic.in/GrievanceNew.aspx

Subject: The death sentence of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan

Dear President,

In the last 17 years, none had been hanged in Tamil Nadu and that the last person to be executed in the country was in 2004.

I kindly urge that the death sentence of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan be commuted.

While I agree the seriousness of the crime, these have suffered long 11 years in the jail. And India should join many other nations who have abolished death penalty. India should be an exemplary we well.

Sincerely,

Copies to

Minister of Home Affairs,

P Chidambaram,

104, North Block,

Central Secretariat,

New Delhi 110001,

India.

Fax: + 91 11 23094221

Email: hm@nic.in

Ambassade de la République de l'Inde,

Kirchenfeldstrasse 28,

Case postale 406,

3000 Berne 6.

Fax: 031 351 15 57

E-mail: india@indembassybern.ch

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