Region:Asia-Pacific

Country:India

Department/Province/State:Tamil Nadu

Sex¹:Female

Age:17

Date of Killing:18/05/2022

Type of Work:Student

Organisation:Anti-Sterlite

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:Civil and Political Rights, ESC Rights

Sector Detail:Environmental Rights, Extractive industries/Mega projects, Freedom of Association, Right to Health

More information:Front line Defenders

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URLs (links) of Interest

The News Minute

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/she-wanted-be-lawyer-her-dreams-lie-box-thoothukudi-teen-victim-s-kin-81854

DNA India

https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-anti-sterlite-protest-snowlin-wanted-to-be-a-lawyer-to-fight-for-people-but-bullet-took-away-her-life-2618831

Daily O

https://www.dailyo.in/politics/tuticorin-killings-snowlin-17-year-old-girl-killed-police-firing-sterlite-protests-copper-smelter-vedanta-group-tamil-nadu/story/1/24711.html

The New Indian Express

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/jun/03/thoothukudi-violence-j-snowlins-body-laid-to-rest-amid-wails-1823223.html

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