Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, currently in Chennai, said he had explained this to the families of the five Tamil fishermen awarded the sentence by a Colombo court recently.
In what could be a major relief to the five Tamil fishermen who have been awarded death sentence by the Sri Lankan High Court on drug trafficking charges, the country’s Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran said his country had not implemented death sentence since 1976…………..…. read all
India pushes presidential pardon for fishermen
India wants Sri Lanka to take a “political” rather than a “legalistic” view of the case of the five Indian fishermen sentenced to death by a court in that country, sources said.
India is making a strong diplomatic push for a presidential pardon of the five Indian fishermen who were recently sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court, The Hindu has learnt.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday and their talks “centred on the fishermen’s sentence,” sources in the President’s office said on Monday…………………… read all
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Death for five Indian fishermenThe Colombo High Court awarded death sentence to five Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in November 2011 on drug trafficking charges. |
They are innocent: Tamil Nadu CMMr. Panneerselvam said that Tamil Nadu had consistently maintained that these fishermen were innocent and the narcotics case was foisted on themRead More… |
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TN fishermen protestNearly 30 lakh fishermen from coastal villages in Tamil Nadu intensified their agitation against the death sentence. Fasts, strikes witnessed across State and Puducherry |
Indian envoy meets death convicts in Sri LankaIndia’s High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Y.K. Sinha met the five Indian fishermen and assured them that New Delhi would make all efforts for their early release and repatriation. |
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Will convey Rameswaram fishermen’s concerns to PM: Gadkari“They (the fishermen community) have expressed their sentiments to me and I will take their case forward to the PM and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj,” Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. |