Saving Land: 12 farmers try to set themselves on fire
Twelve farmers sprinkled petrol on themselves during a suicide attempt at a protest outside the press club.
HYDERABAD:
Twelve farmers sprinkled petrol on themselves during a suicide attempt at a protest outside the press club on Wednesday. Sindhi Goth Bachao Ittehad and action committee organised a demonstration against the leasing of land in Latifabad to an industrial group. The police stopped the protesters from burning themselves using baton-charge and took them into custody. The protesters complained that they have been protesting for three months and resorted to suicide as a last option.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2011.
Twelve farmers sprinkled petrol on themselves during a suicide attempt at a protest outside the press club on Wednesday. Sindhi Goth Bachao Ittehad and action committee organised a demonstration against the leasing of land in Latifabad to an industrial group. The police stopped the protesters from burning themselves using baton-charge and took them into custody. The protesters complained that they have been protesting for three months and resorted to suicide as a last option.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2011.