In March, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, said at an election rally in Arunachal Pradesh that previous governments had not cared for states that sent only two representatives to the…
A Commentary on Shooting the Sun: Why Manipur Was Engulfed by Violence and the Government Remained Silent Nandita Haksar, New Delhi, Speaking Tiger, 2023, pages – 260. Among many facets…
PUCL[1] has been deeply concerned over the state of continuing violence in Manipur ever since 3rd May, 2023, when the first incident of ethnic conflict broke out. The violence which…
Three Human Rights Defenders who are renowned in the state of Manipur and known for their activism have been targeted by the state, and this amounts to a violation of…
That the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been extended to the hill areas for more time, while the valley and a part of the state which has border…
The ethnoreligious violence in the Indian state of Manipur between Meiteis and Kukis has been ongoing since May, but it was only in July 2023 when a video went viral…
Vikalp Sangam Core Group's response to the Manipur crisis is based on the fundamental principles of peace and of the wellbeing of all people and of the earth and all its…
The PUCL strongly condemns the two motivated and malicious FIRs filed by the Manipur police against 3 members of a Fact-Finding Team constituted by the Editors Guild of India, Seema…
An FIR has been filed against three journalists who represented the Editors Guild of India (EGI) to document the ground situation in Manipur, including the role of the media, as…
Tribal Kangleipak to Hindu Manipur Meitei people treasure their past, and ‘Kangleipak’ is their name for their ancient civilization. The chronicle of the Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur [Ref.1] records the…
Nandita Haksar is a human rights lawyer, teacher, campaigner and writer. Her engagement with the people of Northeast India began while studying in Jawaharlal Nehru University in the 1970s. She…
It was clear that Narendra Modi wont reply to the question which are being asked but he has brought Airforce into his politics is utterly shameful and distortion of facts.…
The country is witnessing horrific violence in different regions. The Manipur violence, going on for over three months as it has shamed the nation for the treatment meted out to…
When we all were suffering from the fatigue of inactions in the court rooms and Manipur is not really being discussed in Parliament, orders of Country's top court on Manipur…
The horrifying video clips showing Manipuri women being stripped and raped, followed …
It has been almost three months since the State of Manipur in India has been in flames. The latest news reports speak about 140 or…
Read here personal experiences of the humanitarian crisis in #Manipur. Also in this edition some photos from the many protests and marches that have happened across India, in solidarity with…
Speech at rally for Manipur in Congressman Ro Khanna's district https://youtu.be/HawRq6WV1J0 The ongoing violence in Manipur is the worst pogrom in the nine years of the Modi regime’s rule over…
Accountability 1. PUCL strongly condemns the use of sexual violence as an instrument of control, terror and/or ethnic cleansing and gives a call to all groups in the conflict that…
The BJP has done a Humpty Dumpty on Manipur. The Prime Minister’s political acumen, Maan ki Baats, high-pitched oratory, and the massive Bhakt network around the country, nothing at all,…
On my 4th day of hunger-strike, here is my direct message to Ro Hi Congressman Ro Khanna. As you probably already know, today is the 4th day of my indefinite…
The current events in the troubled state of Manipur remind me of a very powerful Manipuri play Draupadi I saw at Prithvi theatre in Mumbai more thana twenty years ago.…
https://youtu.be/aWsbZ0x1MV4 It's almost three months since Manipur, the Northeastern State of World's largest democratic nation started burning due to unbearable ethnic clashes. The current and overall political condition of India…
Ro must realize that legends don’t walk middle grounds In 2019, US Congressman Ro Khanna reached out to me, and we have stayed in touch since. For over the past…
Manipur issue has been in the national headlines for the last three months. Responding to the opposition and pressure that was building up, the prime minister made a statement on…
A disturbing incident was recently reported in Manipur, where two women from the Christian Kuki-zomi tribe were publicly stripped, paraded naked, and allegedly assaulted by a mob from the majority…
The hollowness of the claims of 'mother of democracy' and 'Vishwaguru' are already known to India. To counter every criticism coming from abroad, you make loud noise about 'democracy' and…
If the video about atrocious and disgusting sexual assault of women in Manipur had not gone viral, the entire country and the rest of world would certainly not have reacted…
A statement issued by various women’s s organizations, students' organizations, workers' union, and other people's organizations and democratic individuals of West Bengal Restore Peace in Manipur Immediately! Justice to Brutally…
Thousands of people in different parts of the country held protests and marches in solidarity with the people of #Manipur. Manipur as seen by its people, here is our twelfth…
The national capital of India, New Delhi made news worldwide in December 2012 for the unprecedented brutality against a daughter of the country later named as “Nirbhaya” for the extraordinary…
23rd July, 2023: National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), along with over 3,200 + activists, academics, artists, retired bureaucrats and concerned citizens, many representing hundreds of movements and organizations from…
Decades are a short time in a nation’s journey. The sexual assault on three Kuki-Zo women and their being paraded naked by a frenzied mob in Manipur- with the police…
Pain contracts to a Nation when they stripshow somebody's daughter, wife and mother walk them down the streets and go home to meet their women in their eyes and shut…
On July 19, 2023 a heinous and unforgivable incident made it to the headlines. In connection to the ensuing ethnic clashes in Manipur, an incident of two Manipur tribal women…
The extraordinary silence of the Prime Minister on the horrifying situation in Manipur has been broken by an extraordinary statement on a viral video of rape of one woman and…
As Pradhanmantri ji 'expressed' his 'pain' and 'anguish' on the horrific incident in Manipur suggesting all the state governments such as Rajasthan, Chhattishgarh, Bengal or Manipur, must do everything to…
We, the undersigned women's organisations and concerned individuals, are outraged at the brutality on the one hand and the impunity and brazenness of the perpetrators of the crime against women…
The incident of rape and parading of two Kuki women in Manipur is outrageous and barbaric to say the least. We dont have the word to describe as what has…
"I know two Manipurs: one before this violence and one after this". #VoicesofManipur. Here is the 11th edition of #VoicesofManipur. Read here personal experiences of the humanitarian crisis in Manipur.…
`A woman, spreading a sack before her like a fish stall/ Sells bodies of little children /Dead from gunshot wounds/ Sprinkling water…
Lullaby- A song by Akhu Chingangbam. Akhu Chingangbam is a famous musician from #Manipur. He has shared this song about the crisis in his state.
Voices of Manipur is a collective of concerned citizens. They bring out the situation in Manipur through the newsletter published in social media. This is the 10th newsletter. They can…
PUCL Demands from the Manipur Government: Stop Criminalising Human Rights Work! Respect the fundamental rights of citizens to conduct Fact Finding Enquiries and publish their reports for public discussion. Immediately…
Voices of Manipur is a collective of concerned citizens. They bring out the situation in Manipur through the newsletter published in social media. This is the 9th newsletter. They can…
It is now close to two months since Manipur has been in an unrelenting state of violence. The hostilities have assumed cruel forms involving ferocious ethnic fires. Angry masses have…
A three-member fact finding team comprising NFIW (National Federation of Indian Women) General Secretary Annie Raja, National Secretary, Nisha Siddhu, and Deeksha Dwivedi, independent Delhi based lawyer visited Manipur from…
The violence in Manipur starting May 3, 2023, in Churachandpur and still continuing, has complicated causes and sources, but one very clear effect – it is causing untold misery and…
Listening to Karan Thapar's numerous interviews with Meitei and Kuki interlocutors on the Manipur situation,I carried away the impression that it is not possible to acquire a clear idea of…
“We are afraid to open our mouths. There is nothing we can do for ourselves. It is those outside the state who must speak up for us,” a Christian academician…
An overview of Manipur's three-way ethnic conflict between Meitei, Naga and Kuki groups, which started since the era of British rule and the Anglo-Kuki war of 1917-19 during World War…
Manipur, with its capital at Imphal, is bordered by Nagaland, Assam, and Mizoram. To its east is part of India’s sensitive international border with Myanmar (formerly Burma), increasingly under covert…
Manipur has been known for more than just the existence of numerous insurgent groups. It is known for the bravery of its people, especially women, against the injustices of the…
After the state High Court verdict on Meitei’s being recognized as ST, claiming quota in jobs, education and Adivasi land, the state of Manipur has seen unprecedented violence in which…
The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) in a joint statement today condemned the ongoing violence in Manipur including attacks on journalists covering the…
To say that ‘Manipur is burning’ is not merely a gross understatement, but belies the terrible reality which has gripped the tiny State in North-East India since 3 May. For…
Over 550 civil society groups and concerned individuals from across the country come together to condemn the continuing violence in Manipur. Call for an immediate stop to divisive politics by…
Tribal communities feel that the BJP-led state government is participating in perilous communal politics by backing the Meiteis as ‘Hindus’ against the tribal people who are predominantly Christian. Manipur has…
To Most Rev. Andrews Thazhath, President; and to ALL Office-Bearers and ALL Members The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, Your Lordships, Greetings to…
The first eleven days of May 2023 have, in many ways, been a defining period of Indian history! Plenty has happened in a rapid-fire stream of events. Ironically, each one…
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