Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/60 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11(b) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10735 (E) Extrajudicial killings in Asia In India, 17 persons lost their lives in Tirunelveli Town, south Tamil Nadu, in July 1999. This was due to brutal police attack. According to reports, the deaths were due […]