Plea to ensure release of Kanniyakumari fishermen detained in Qatar
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Families of 20 fishermen, who were reportedly detained in March last by the authorities of Qatar for reportedly entering its territorial waters for fishing, have appealed to the Union Government to take immediate steps to ensure their safe release. According to the families, 24 Indian fishermen, including 20 from Kanniyakumari district and 4 from Kerala, had ventured into the sea for fishing in two mechanised boats of one Hassan, an Iranian, from their base in Iran on March 22. On March 25, they were detained by Qatar for reportedly entering its territorial waters.
CM urged to ensure return of fishermen jailed in Iran, Myanmar
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‘Health of nine fishermen serving prison term in Iran deteriorating’
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‘Health of nine fishermen serving prison term in Iran deteriorating’ Families of fishermen from Kanniyakumari who are locked away in an Iranian prison have urged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to take steps to obtain their release.
Sahana, sister of Sahaya Vijay of Pallam, one of those who were arrested when they were on a Kuwait fishing boat that had sailed into Iranian waters, said the health of nine fishermen were in a bad condition.
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Kumari fishermen face pirates attack, seek quick action by govt
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Send Indian fishermen were facing a new problem on the western seas, that of piracy. In a recent incident, properties of Kanniyakumari fishermen were robbed by masked sea pirates. Following the incident, fishermen urged the state and Centre to take stringent measures against sea pirates.
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Fishermen, from Neerody and Marthandamthurai, two most western coastal villages in Kanniyakumari district, ventured into the sea on December 9 and on December 13, in a mechanised boat and when they were fishing 17 nautical miles off the coast of Goa, a boat full of masked pirates with no registration number approached the fishermen and robbed their properties at gun point.Â