Pressure To Release HINDRAF 5
Senior lawyer and international jurist Param Cumaraswamy today urged the government to release the five Hindu Rights Action Force leader presently being detained under the Internal Security Act.
He said that the recent results of the general election indicated that there was no longer any justification whatsoever for the continuation of their detentions.
“The results of the general elections two weeks ago must be seen as vindicating whatever suspicions the government had against them at the time of their detention.
“The cause of Hindraf has now become part of the cause of MIC within the government and also the opposition,” he said in an open letter to the newly appointed Home Affairs Minister Syed Hamid Albar.
The five - P Uthayakumar, M Manoharan, R Kenghadharan, V Ganabatirau and T Vasanthakumar - were detained on Dec 13 for participating in Hindraf activities that called on the government not to marginalise the Indian community.
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He said that the recent results of the general election indicated that there was no longer any justification whatsoever for the continuation of their detentions. 
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