Fast against capital punishment
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Vadha Shiksha Virudha Samithi launched an indefinite fast in front of the Secretariat on Gandhi Jayanthi on Monday demanding the adoption of a human rights resolution against capital punishment by theAssembly, release of lifers who were eligible for release and restoration of democratic conventions on human rights of prisoners. The fast undertaken by Dalit writer K.K. Kochu and rights activist T.K.Vasu of Thrissur was inaugurated by journalist B.R.P. Bhasker.
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"Ours is a battle not for wealth or for power.
It is a battle for freedom. It is a battle for the reclamation of human personality."
- Dr BR Ambedkar
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