*People’s Union for Civil Liberties, New Delhi
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30.12.2010
*Press Release*
Dear Friends
I have to inform you with a heavy heart that K.G. Kannabiran, former
National President of People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), leading
advocate of civil liberties and human rights and prolific writer breathed
his last this evening at his home in Secundarabad. He had not been keeping
well for the last few months.
K.G. Kannabiran, a distinguished human rights activist, was instrumental in
mediating between the Naxalites and the State in Andhra Pradesh along with
K. Balagopal who also passed away some time ago. He was also the President
of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee. He had filed more than 400
public interest litigation (PIL) cases single-handedly. In spite of being a
prominent lawyer instead of running for money, he chose social service
instead and fought all these PILs and many more cases without charging any
money. He had worked in the PUCL in the company of Justice VM Tarkunde,
Justice Rajindar Sachar, Justice RB Mehrotra, Surendra Mohan and was for a
long time President of the PUCL with Dr. YP Chhibbar as its General
Secretary. For the tremendous amount of work done by him in the field of
civil liberties he was considered to be a one man army by his colleagues.
Kannabiran was a prominent and most scholarly writer on civil liberties and
human rights. He regularly wrote articles for the PUCL Bulletin apart from
writing for various magazines and newspapers. He wrote many books. THE WAGES
OF IMPUNITY: Power, Justice and Human Rights published by Orient Longman in
2004 is known to be his best and most read book.
In Kannabiran’s death the civil liberties movement in the country has
suffered an irreparable loss. This loss is particularly shocking as it has
come within a fortnight of the passing away of Surendra Mohan, another
stalwart in the field.
Mahi Pal Singh, National Secretary, PUCL
Kavita Srivastava, Secretary, PUCL
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