Mukundan C. Menon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Wadakkancherry, Kerala, India
About Mukundan C. Menon
- Mukundan C.
- Menon was one of the most prominent human-rights activists in India.
- He was a leading human rights activist for over 35 years and helped to found a number of India's national non-governmental human rights organisations including PUCL and National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO) in Kerala.
- He was a relentless advocate for securing the freedom of those struggling for their dignity and basic human rights.
- He was also the Secretary General of CHRO until his death.
- His death was happened following complications caused by a cardiac arrest on 12 December 2005He was working in Delhi during the 1970s as a journalist, and was actively involved in human- rights activities.
- During the 1990s, he settled in Kerala.
- However, he didn't stop his activism.
- He pursued journalism with Thejas Fortnightly, and ultimately became an editorial consultant and the Resident Editor of Thejas Daily.He was a regular contributor to The Milli Gazette also.
- Dr.Zafarul Islam Khan, editor of The Milli Gazette upon learning of Menon's death, said, "We are shocked to know of the untimely demise of our friend Mr.
- Mukundan C.
- Menon.
- He was a great fighter for human and civil rights in this country".
- He died on 12 December 2005.He would be best remembered for the role he played as a free media journalist.
- Menon who wrote against hindutva fascism have been accused of being terrorist sympathiser by sangh parivar dominated media.
- He was jailed during the infamous emergency period.
- As a human rights activist, Menon presented the cases of numerous political prisoners and sought justice in many high-profile cases including of Abdul Nasar Maudani.
- He vigorously condemned the responsibility of the security forces in human rights violations and the high level of impunity which benefits those responsible for human rights violations.
- NCHRO institutes Mukundan C.Menon Award annually, which is an award to human right activists in the memory of Mukundan C.
- Menon
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