"I'm a victim of racism in India": North Eastern state Mizoram Chief Minister
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No matter how many youtube videos and blogs you people quote, India will remain. You can do nothing, and you can change nothing. India will only get stronger, there's no looking back anymore.
You have very biased opinions, any nothing anyone says will ever change that. So i'm done wasting my time.
Do carry on, if it makes you feel like you're making a difference.
You have very biased opinions, any nothing anyone says will ever change that. So i'm done wasting my time.
Do carry on, if it makes you feel like you're making a difference.
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Are you serious about wiping out 97.56%? Now this is human rights violation, or more precisely CRIMES OF GENOCIDE. They want to "clean" the land of its "dirty" aboriginals.
I can give you reliable data. I am not joking here. I think, you know very little about the North East. The situation in NE is more serious than that of Kashmir.
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India, a nation that rapes and murder foreign tourists routinely? WOW. I guess you are very selective on human rights. Why are Aussies so pissed off at you guys? Why Philippinos? Why Vietnamese? Why Koreans? Why Japanese? Why Americans? Why British what to send your sorry ***** back, but won't for your incessant whinning? Why Pakistan know you so well?
India the land were Female Infantacide is the HIGHEST in the world. You do know India's chauvinistic attitude results in baby girls murdered by the millions (much more than China's). Baby male to female ratio in India is MUCH HIGHER than China. I'm not excusing China or any country who does ABORTIONS (male or female).
You really don't realize India's dark "secrets" are much of a secret. Just Google it, or Youtube it. Don't think we don't know of your mafia dons that runs the government. Want a simple death certificate, well you've gotta pay dearly. With that level of corruption permeating throughout society, that makes USA, China, DPRK, UK seem tame by comparison.
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/hr_facts.html
Human rights violations in the People's Republic of China (PRC) remain systematic and widespread. The Chinese government continues to suppress dissenting opinions and maintains political control over the legal system, resulting in an arbitrary and sometimes abusive judicial regime. The lack of accountability of the government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) means that abuses by officials often go unchecked. This fact sheet identifies the most common types of abuses, including arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of prisoners, severe restrictions on freedom of expression and association and violations specific to women.
1. Controls on Expressions and Associations
2. Torture and Ill-Treatment of Prisoners
3. Lackof Judicial Independance and Due Process
4. Death Penalty
5. Tibet
6. Women
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China: Sustaining conflict and human rights abuses: The flow of arms continues | Amnesty International
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It is people like you who determines India's future, not outsiders (well not us). It is not us that want to see India disintegrate, we only want our people and land returned to us. Whether India continues or crumbles that depends on your own actions. Do you think ignoring the needs of your tribal areas helps while your baboons in office secretly transfer money to an offshore bank account helps???
It is always about FAIRNESS and JUSTICE. So strange how you place your trust in the Zionists and suddenly a whole string of 'terrorist' bombings occur and you immediately blame Pakistan (and sometimes China). Do you remember 11/26 when your special forces were fighting "blonde-whites" in CHABAD HOUSE? The battle ensured for over 24 hrs! Also the commander who led the special forces was later killed, reasons "unknown". After all this, only ONE man was used as the fall-guy. What happened to all the eye witnesses who said the terrorists were 'light skin'? Many people were involved in pulling this off. A few days before the attack, a bunch of large crates were moved into the hotel WITHOUT passing through security/inspection along with a crew of 'foreign' well built men.
India has a lot of internal problems that are NOT the result of China nor Pakistan. You have traitors and corrupt baboons running the place. Your future are in their hands.
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Yes please send me your sources. PRC doesn't not mention these as their policy is openness and friendship with all nations. Please send me all shocking evidence.
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Manipur's protest
Manipur's protest
SUSHANTA TALUKDAR
The alleged rape and killing of a woman in Manipur by Assam Rifles personnel sparks protests against the security forces and the demand for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
An injured woman is carried away after the police used teargas shells to disperse protesters, in Imphal on July 23.
THE sentries guarding the headquarters of Assam Rifles at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal on July 15 morning were left dumbstruck when a dozen Manipuri women staging a demonstration near the fort suddenly decided to do away with their clothes. They were protesting against the alleged torture, rape and killing of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama by the paramilitary force.
The protesters then walked towards the gate of the fort holding up banners with the slogans "Indian Army, rape us overtly" and "Rape us the way you did Manorama" written on them. They retreated after much cajoling by senior Assam Rifles officials and police officials.
Ramani Devi, secretary of the All Manipur Women's Social Promotion and Development Samaj, who led the protesters, said the women took the extreme step as all previous protests against extra-judicial killings and molestation of women in Manipur had gone unheeded.
The protest came four days after Manorama's bullet-riddled body was found 4 km away from Ngariyan Mapao Maring village in Imphal East disrict, a few hours after she was picked up by personnel of the Assam Rifles on the suspicion of being a militant. Emotions ran high all over the State as people thronged curfew-bound streets, defying rubber bullets and tear gas shells, in protest against the atrocities committed by security forces and demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). The demonstrations turned violent. Protesters set ablaze government offices, five youth attempted immolation, and a young man cut off one of his fingers.
The AFSPA, which has been in operation in Manipur since September 8, 1980 and is applicable to all the north-eastern States, allows any commissioned or non-commissioned officer or any other person of equivalent rank from the armed forces to enter and search any premises without a warrant, arrest without a warrant and even fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the extent of causing death, against any person acting in contravention of any law in the notified disturbed area.
MANORAMA'S body bore bullet marks on the genitals, which lent credence to the public's perception that she was raped before being shot dead. Dr. Th Manglem, who conducted the second post-mortem examination of the body along with two other forensic experts, testified before the Justice P. Upendra Commission constituted by the State government and reported that because of the injuries in the lower part of the body no conclusive opinion could be passed on whether Manorama was raped or not.
The second post-mortem was ordered by the State government in response to Manorama's mother Khumanlei's demand that another autopsy be done on her daughter's body as she had doubts about the first post-mortem report, which the Army claimed had ruled out rape or torture. Manorama's family refused to accept her body, which was lying at the mortuary of the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Imphal since July 11, until the "guilty" Assam Rifles personnel were punished and the AFSPA was withdrawn from the State.
However, the Okram Ibobi Singh government ordered the cremation of the body after the completion of the second autopsy on July 24. The cremation was carried out at the Minuthong crematorium amid tight security.
The Assam Rifles version of the episode is the same as the one given out in all such incidents of the killing of "hardcore militants" while in the custody of the security forces. An arrest warrant signed by a Havildar of Assam Rifles, which was handed over to Manorama's family, stated that she was being arrested on the suspicion of being a militant and that no incriminating evidence was found during a search of the house. However, after Manorama's body was recovered, a statement issued by the paramilitary force stated that self-styled "Corporal" Thangjam Manorama, alias Henthoi, was gunned down as she made a bid to escape by jumping down from the vehicle that the force used. The statement added that during interrogation she disclosed that she possessed an AK-47 rifle and was willing to take Assam Rifles personnel to recover it.
Army and Assam Rifles personnel patrol the main streets of Imphal.
Lt.-Gen. Bhupinder Singh, Director-General of Assam Rifles, dismissed the allegations and reiterated the claim that she was a member of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), a militant outfit. He attributed the public fury to the linking of the incident to rape, but expressed the hope that the people of Manipur would accept the "real facts" after the first post-mortem report revealed neither sexual abuse nor torture, as had been alleged. Lt.-Gen. J.S. Verma, General-Officer-Commanding of the Army's Eastern Command, said in Kolkata that Manorama was a confirmed member of the PLA and had taken part in many of its operations.
OPPOSITION parties joined the protest and extended support to the demand for the withdrawal of the AFSPA and set a three-day deadline to the Ibobi government to take action on it. Their leaders also hailed the protests as "courageous acts" to protect human rights. Ibobi, who was in Delhi for nearly a week consulting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, returned to Imphal on August 4 to a barrage of protests.
While a harried State administration re-imposed an indefinite curfew in the twin districts of Imphal East and Imphal West after the United Progressive Alliance government expressed reluctance to withdraw the Act, Opposition legislators staged a sit-in demonstration in front of the Assembly demanding the convening of a special session of the House to adopt a resolution for the withdrawal of the Act. "We have demanded the summoning of a special session of the Assembly because as public representatives, we want to reflect the voice of the people on the floor of the House," said N. Chandramani Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister and at present Leader of the Opposition. For the past three and a half years, Irom Sharmila Shanu, a young Manipuri woman, has been on a "fast unto death" demanding that the legislation be revoked. She began her fast after 10 people were killed in retaliatory action by security forces on the outskirts of Imphal in 2001, and is being forcibly fed liquids forcibly at the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital.
The Central government, following the Prime Minister's discussions with political parties including those in the Opposition, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs, said it was not in favour of withdrawing the Act. It felt that such a move, while appearing to allow the 20-odd militant outfits in the State a free run, would give room for similar demands by other States.
The court of inquiry instituted by Assam Rifles failed to assuage public anger as it lacked transparency. It found some lapses by Assam Rifles personnel, but remained silent on the allegations of rape until it received forensic evidence. Similarly, the Justice P. Upendra Commission, which has begun its probe, failed to convince the protesters to call off their agitation as Clause 6 of the AFSPA bars all legal proceedings against security forces personnel without Central government sanction.
Chandramani Singh said: "Our past experiences showed that even after judicial probes found personnel of the armed forces guilty of violating human rights or committing excesses, the Central government either denied or delayed prosecution sanction against the guilty personnel." He also pointed out that the AFSPA had failed to suppress the insurgency in the State. "Rather, it has proved to be counter-productive as insurgency-related activities in Manipur have only increased. The solution to the problem lies in holding unconditional talks with the insurgent outfits instead of trying to find a military solution and allowing the armed forces to let loose a reign of terror in the name of counter-insurgency operations."
Meanwhile, the pressure on the Ibobi government is mounting from within, with two Ministers and seven legislators of the ruling Congress threatening to resign if the Act is not withdrawn by August 15.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2117/stories/20040827002903700.htm
Manipur's protest
SUSHANTA TALUKDAR
The alleged rape and killing of a woman in Manipur by Assam Rifles personnel sparks protests against the security forces and the demand for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
An injured woman is carried away after the police used teargas shells to disperse protesters, in Imphal on July 23.
THE sentries guarding the headquarters of Assam Rifles at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal on July 15 morning were left dumbstruck when a dozen Manipuri women staging a demonstration near the fort suddenly decided to do away with their clothes. They were protesting against the alleged torture, rape and killing of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama by the paramilitary force.
The protesters then walked towards the gate of the fort holding up banners with the slogans "Indian Army, rape us overtly" and "Rape us the way you did Manorama" written on them. They retreated after much cajoling by senior Assam Rifles officials and police officials.
Ramani Devi, secretary of the All Manipur Women's Social Promotion and Development Samaj, who led the protesters, said the women took the extreme step as all previous protests against extra-judicial killings and molestation of women in Manipur had gone unheeded.
The protest came four days after Manorama's bullet-riddled body was found 4 km away from Ngariyan Mapao Maring village in Imphal East disrict, a few hours after she was picked up by personnel of the Assam Rifles on the suspicion of being a militant. Emotions ran high all over the State as people thronged curfew-bound streets, defying rubber bullets and tear gas shells, in protest against the atrocities committed by security forces and demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). The demonstrations turned violent. Protesters set ablaze government offices, five youth attempted immolation, and a young man cut off one of his fingers.
The AFSPA, which has been in operation in Manipur since September 8, 1980 and is applicable to all the north-eastern States, allows any commissioned or non-commissioned officer or any other person of equivalent rank from the armed forces to enter and search any premises without a warrant, arrest without a warrant and even fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the extent of causing death, against any person acting in contravention of any law in the notified disturbed area.
MANORAMA'S body bore bullet marks on the genitals, which lent credence to the public's perception that she was raped before being shot dead. Dr. Th Manglem, who conducted the second post-mortem examination of the body along with two other forensic experts, testified before the Justice P. Upendra Commission constituted by the State government and reported that because of the injuries in the lower part of the body no conclusive opinion could be passed on whether Manorama was raped or not.
The second post-mortem was ordered by the State government in response to Manorama's mother Khumanlei's demand that another autopsy be done on her daughter's body as she had doubts about the first post-mortem report, which the Army claimed had ruled out rape or torture. Manorama's family refused to accept her body, which was lying at the mortuary of the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Imphal since July 11, until the "guilty" Assam Rifles personnel were punished and the AFSPA was withdrawn from the State.
However, the Okram Ibobi Singh government ordered the cremation of the body after the completion of the second autopsy on July 24. The cremation was carried out at the Minuthong crematorium amid tight security.
The Assam Rifles version of the episode is the same as the one given out in all such incidents of the killing of "hardcore militants" while in the custody of the security forces. An arrest warrant signed by a Havildar of Assam Rifles, which was handed over to Manorama's family, stated that she was being arrested on the suspicion of being a militant and that no incriminating evidence was found during a search of the house. However, after Manorama's body was recovered, a statement issued by the paramilitary force stated that self-styled "Corporal" Thangjam Manorama, alias Henthoi, was gunned down as she made a bid to escape by jumping down from the vehicle that the force used. The statement added that during interrogation she disclosed that she possessed an AK-47 rifle and was willing to take Assam Rifles personnel to recover it.
Army and Assam Rifles personnel patrol the main streets of Imphal.
Lt.-Gen. Bhupinder Singh, Director-General of Assam Rifles, dismissed the allegations and reiterated the claim that she was a member of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), a militant outfit. He attributed the public fury to the linking of the incident to rape, but expressed the hope that the people of Manipur would accept the "real facts" after the first post-mortem report revealed neither sexual abuse nor torture, as had been alleged. Lt.-Gen. J.S. Verma, General-Officer-Commanding of the Army's Eastern Command, said in Kolkata that Manorama was a confirmed member of the PLA and had taken part in many of its operations.
OPPOSITION parties joined the protest and extended support to the demand for the withdrawal of the AFSPA and set a three-day deadline to the Ibobi government to take action on it. Their leaders also hailed the protests as "courageous acts" to protect human rights. Ibobi, who was in Delhi for nearly a week consulting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, returned to Imphal on August 4 to a barrage of protests.
While a harried State administration re-imposed an indefinite curfew in the twin districts of Imphal East and Imphal West after the United Progressive Alliance government expressed reluctance to withdraw the Act, Opposition legislators staged a sit-in demonstration in front of the Assembly demanding the convening of a special session of the House to adopt a resolution for the withdrawal of the Act. "We have demanded the summoning of a special session of the Assembly because as public representatives, we want to reflect the voice of the people on the floor of the House," said N. Chandramani Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister and at present Leader of the Opposition. For the past three and a half years, Irom Sharmila Shanu, a young Manipuri woman, has been on a "fast unto death" demanding that the legislation be revoked. She began her fast after 10 people were killed in retaliatory action by security forces on the outskirts of Imphal in 2001, and is being forcibly fed liquids forcibly at the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital.
The Central government, following the Prime Minister's discussions with political parties including those in the Opposition, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs, said it was not in favour of withdrawing the Act. It felt that such a move, while appearing to allow the 20-odd militant outfits in the State a free run, would give room for similar demands by other States.
The court of inquiry instituted by Assam Rifles failed to assuage public anger as it lacked transparency. It found some lapses by Assam Rifles personnel, but remained silent on the allegations of rape until it received forensic evidence. Similarly, the Justice P. Upendra Commission, which has begun its probe, failed to convince the protesters to call off their agitation as Clause 6 of the AFSPA bars all legal proceedings against security forces personnel without Central government sanction.
Chandramani Singh said: "Our past experiences showed that even after judicial probes found personnel of the armed forces guilty of violating human rights or committing excesses, the Central government either denied or delayed prosecution sanction against the guilty personnel." He also pointed out that the AFSPA had failed to suppress the insurgency in the State. "Rather, it has proved to be counter-productive as insurgency-related activities in Manipur have only increased. The solution to the problem lies in holding unconditional talks with the insurgent outfits instead of trying to find a military solution and allowing the armed forces to let loose a reign of terror in the name of counter-insurgency operations."
Meanwhile, the pressure on the Ibobi government is mounting from within, with two Ministers and seven legislators of the ruling Congress threatening to resign if the Act is not withdrawn by August 15.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2117/stories/20040827002903700.htm
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Imagine India does these to foreigners. There's a good reason foreigners are pulling out their investment from India. What remains is only speculation in your stocks, but rest assured they will continue to pull out when prices are up and "re-invest" when prices are down, every time raping you.
Not only is India a huge hypocrite, but ROUTINELY violated minority rights. Manipur Chinese are being WIPED OUT IN GENOCIDE. Is this not wrong?!
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Women Rage Against 'Rape' in Northeast India
Women Rage Against 'Rape' in Northeast India
IMPHAL (Manipur), - After torching government buildings and parading naked to protest the suspected custodial rape and killing of a woman by federal soldiers, women in Manipur vow to intensify their fight against frequent atrocities in the restive northeast Indian state.
An indefinite curfew is in force in Manipur, bordering Myanmar, to quell the uprising, with troops bursting teargas shells, water cannons and firing rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of women trying to break prohibitory orders.
At least 100 women were injured in police attacks since violence broke out Thursday, with some having to undergo surgeries to remove pellets embedded in their bodies.
The action follows violent protests by women in Manipur after the bullet-riddled body of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama was found on July 10.
Witnesses say Manorama was picked up by soldiers of the paramilitary Assam Rifles from her home on alleged charges of links with separatist rebels.
Hours later, her dead body was reportedly found four kilometers away from her home in the state capital Imphal, with multiple bullet wounds, besides torture signs.
Several women's groups called a 48-hour general strike the day after Manorama's body was found, bringing normal life in the state to a grinding halt for two days until July 12.
On Thursday, hundreds of women had stormed the Assam Rifles headquarters in Imphal, with at least 40 parading naked and holding placards that read: "Indian Army rape us" and "Indian Army takes our flesh."
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew fearing more protests. But women in hundreds started defying the curfew from Friday night by taking to the streets, prompting the police to resort to force to keep the protestors at bay.
On Sunday, protestors torched at least half-a-dozen government buildings, making authorities cut short a curfew relaxation.
"We want to punish the soldiers involved in the brutal killing of Manorama and so we are demanding handing over the errant soldiers to us," says Memchaoubi Devi, president of the women's rights group Porei Lemarol Meira Phaibi Apunba Manipur.
She adds, "It is better to protest naked than allow the soldiers to kill and rape our women."
A total of 32 women's groups have come under one platform to protest the killing. Women in Manipur are known for taking up cudgels against social issues.
"This protest is not going to die down until and unless the guilty soldiers are punished. Even if someone is involved in militancy, he or she should be brought to the court of law and not just killed or raped," lashes out Leirik Devi, president of the Kangla Mei, another powerful women rights group.
She vows, "We are prepared to shed blood but cannot allow the soldiers to outrage the modesty of our daughters. This protest will intensify."
Bowing to mounting pressure, the Assam Rifles Saturday removed an unspecified number of soldiers from duty against whom there was a court of inquiry ordered to probe the alleged custodial death.
Assures Assam Rifles spokesman Major SD Goswami, "Anybody found guilty would be punished." The state government has also ordered a probe following rising pressure from women's groups.
But women's groups in the state have refused to call off their agitation even after the suspected soldiers were said to be taken off duty.
Says Leirik Devi, "Until and unless we get a concrete assurance from the authorities that cases like rape or custodial killings will not recur, and stern action is taken against those errant soldiers, we are not going to stop our agitation."
"We cannot stop atrocities committed on the women by security forces unless we resort to radical forms of protest like stripping in public."
Manipur has witnessed an increase in excesses by armed forces on civilians and human rights violations in the name of curbing insurgency.
Charges rights campaigner T Singh, "The number of cases of rights violations, torture and rape by security forces has increased manifold. The Special Powers Armed Forces Act prevalent here gives security forces unlimited powers and impunity against rights violations."
"Our reports say there were at least 50 cases of third degree tortures on innocent civilians accused of aiding militancy in the past one year. At least a dozen custodial deaths were reported in the same period, while a number of cases have gone unreported."
In October last year, 15-year-old Sanjita Devi committed suicide after being allegedly molested by army soldiers in Manipur. The army instituted a court of inquiry, but the findings were never made public.
Says another women's leader, Sarojini Devi, "Such inquiries are nothing but a farce."
There are over 19 separatist groups active in Manipur, bordering Myanmar, with demands ranging from secession to greater autonomy and the right self-determination.
More than 10,000 people have lost their lives to insurgency in Manipur in the past two decades. Even the state government admits there were excesses committed by armed forces on the civilians.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who is the elected head of the state, in a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the federal government to "restrain and do the needful to check the conduct of security personnel" deployed in the state.
But for now, Manipur is in turmoil with the women folk determined to intensify their protests.
Women Rage Against 'Rape' in Northeast India
Women Rage Against 'Rape' in Northeast India
IMPHAL (Manipur), - After torching government buildings and parading naked to protest the suspected custodial rape and killing of a woman by federal soldiers, women in Manipur vow to intensify their fight against frequent atrocities in the restive northeast Indian state.
An indefinite curfew is in force in Manipur, bordering Myanmar, to quell the uprising, with troops bursting teargas shells, water cannons and firing rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of women trying to break prohibitory orders.
At least 100 women were injured in police attacks since violence broke out Thursday, with some having to undergo surgeries to remove pellets embedded in their bodies.
The action follows violent protests by women in Manipur after the bullet-riddled body of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama was found on July 10.
Witnesses say Manorama was picked up by soldiers of the paramilitary Assam Rifles from her home on alleged charges of links with separatist rebels.
Hours later, her dead body was reportedly found four kilometers away from her home in the state capital Imphal, with multiple bullet wounds, besides torture signs.
Several women's groups called a 48-hour general strike the day after Manorama's body was found, bringing normal life in the state to a grinding halt for two days until July 12.
On Thursday, hundreds of women had stormed the Assam Rifles headquarters in Imphal, with at least 40 parading naked and holding placards that read: "Indian Army rape us" and "Indian Army takes our flesh."
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew fearing more protests. But women in hundreds started defying the curfew from Friday night by taking to the streets, prompting the police to resort to force to keep the protestors at bay.
On Sunday, protestors torched at least half-a-dozen government buildings, making authorities cut short a curfew relaxation.
"We want to punish the soldiers involved in the brutal killing of Manorama and so we are demanding handing over the errant soldiers to us," says Memchaoubi Devi, president of the women's rights group Porei Lemarol Meira Phaibi Apunba Manipur.
She adds, "It is better to protest naked than allow the soldiers to kill and rape our women."
A total of 32 women's groups have come under one platform to protest the killing. Women in Manipur are known for taking up cudgels against social issues.
"This protest is not going to die down until and unless the guilty soldiers are punished. Even if someone is involved in militancy, he or she should be brought to the court of law and not just killed or raped," lashes out Leirik Devi, president of the Kangla Mei, another powerful women rights group.
She vows, "We are prepared to shed blood but cannot allow the soldiers to outrage the modesty of our daughters. This protest will intensify."
Bowing to mounting pressure, the Assam Rifles Saturday removed an unspecified number of soldiers from duty against whom there was a court of inquiry ordered to probe the alleged custodial death.
Assures Assam Rifles spokesman Major SD Goswami, "Anybody found guilty would be punished." The state government has also ordered a probe following rising pressure from women's groups.
But women's groups in the state have refused to call off their agitation even after the suspected soldiers were said to be taken off duty.
Says Leirik Devi, "Until and unless we get a concrete assurance from the authorities that cases like rape or custodial killings will not recur, and stern action is taken against those errant soldiers, we are not going to stop our agitation."
"We cannot stop atrocities committed on the women by security forces unless we resort to radical forms of protest like stripping in public."
Manipur has witnessed an increase in excesses by armed forces on civilians and human rights violations in the name of curbing insurgency.
Charges rights campaigner T Singh, "The number of cases of rights violations, torture and rape by security forces has increased manifold. The Special Powers Armed Forces Act prevalent here gives security forces unlimited powers and impunity against rights violations."
"Our reports say there were at least 50 cases of third degree tortures on innocent civilians accused of aiding militancy in the past one year. At least a dozen custodial deaths were reported in the same period, while a number of cases have gone unreported."
In October last year, 15-year-old Sanjita Devi committed suicide after being allegedly molested by army soldiers in Manipur. The army instituted a court of inquiry, but the findings were never made public.
Says another women's leader, Sarojini Devi, "Such inquiries are nothing but a farce."
There are over 19 separatist groups active in Manipur, bordering Myanmar, with demands ranging from secession to greater autonomy and the right self-determination.
More than 10,000 people have lost their lives to insurgency in Manipur in the past two decades. Even the state government admits there were excesses committed by armed forces on the civilians.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who is the elected head of the state, in a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the federal government to "restrain and do the needful to check the conduct of security personnel" deployed in the state.
But for now, Manipur is in turmoil with the women folk determined to intensify their protests.
Women Rage Against 'Rape' in Northeast India
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Manipur's protest
Manipur's protest
SUSHANTA TALUKDAR
The alleged rape and killing of a woman in Manipur by Assam Rifles personnel sparks protests against the security forces and the demand for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
An injured woman is carried away after the police used teargas shells to disperse protesters, in Imphal on July 23.
THE sentries guarding the headquarters of Assam Rifles at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal on July 15 morning were left dumbstruck when a dozen Manipuri women staging a demonstration near the fort suddenly decided to do away with their clothes. They were protesting against the alleged torture, rape and killing of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama by the paramilitary force.
The protesters then walked towards the gate of the fort holding up banners with the slogans "Indian Army, rape us overtly" and "Rape us the way you did Manorama" written on them. They retreated after much cajoling by senior Assam Rifles officials and police officials.
Ramani Devi, secretary of the All Manipur Women's Social Promotion and Development Samaj, who led the protesters, said the women took the extreme step as all previous protests against extra-judicial killings and molestation of women in Manipur had gone unheeded.
The protest came four days after Manorama's bullet-riddled body was found 4 km away from Ngariyan Mapao Maring village in Imphal East disrict, a few hours after she was picked up by personnel of the Assam Rifles on the suspicion of being a militant. Emotions ran high all over the State as people thronged curfew-bound streets, defying rubber bullets and tear gas shells, in protest against the atrocities committed by security forces and demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). The demonstrations turned violent. Protesters set ablaze government offices, five youth attempted immolation, and a young man cut off one of his fingers.
The AFSPA, which has been in operation in Manipur since September 8, 1980 and is applicable to all the north-eastern States, allows any commissioned or non-commissioned officer or any other person of equivalent rank from the armed forces to enter and search any premises without a warrant, arrest without a warrant and even fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the extent of causing death, against any person acting in contravention of any law in the notified disturbed area.
MANORAMA'S body bore bullet marks on the genitals, which lent credence to the public's perception that she was raped before being shot dead. Dr. Th Manglem, who conducted the second post-mortem examination of the body along with two other forensic experts, testified before the Justice P. Upendra Commission constituted by the State government and reported that because of the injuries in the lower part of the body no conclusive opinion could be passed on whether Manorama was raped or not.
The second post-mortem was ordered by the State government in response to Manorama's mother Khumanlei's demand that another autopsy be done on her daughter's body as she had doubts about the first post-mortem report, which the Army claimed had ruled out rape or torture. Manorama's family refused to accept her body, which was lying at the mortuary of the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Imphal since July 11, until the "guilty" Assam Rifles personnel were punished and the AFSPA was withdrawn from the State.
However, the Okram Ibobi Singh government ordered the cremation of the body after the completion of the second autopsy on July 24. The cremation was carried out at the Minuthong crematorium amid tight security.
The Assam Rifles version of the episode is the same as the one given out in all such incidents of the killing of "hardcore militants" while in the custody of the security forces. An arrest warrant signed by a Havildar of Assam Rifles, which was handed over to Manorama's family, stated that she was being arrested on the suspicion of being a militant and that no incriminating evidence was found during a search of the house. However, after Manorama's body was recovered, a statement issued by the paramilitary force stated that self-styled "Corporal" Thangjam Manorama, alias Henthoi, was gunned down as she made a bid to escape by jumping down from the vehicle that the force used. The statement added that during interrogation she disclosed that she possessed an AK-47 rifle and was willing to take Assam Rifles personnel to recover it.
Army and Assam Rifles personnel patrol the main streets of Imphal.
Lt.-Gen. Bhupinder Singh, Director-General of Assam Rifles, dismissed the allegations and reiterated the claim that she was a member of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), a militant outfit. He attributed the public fury to the linking of the incident to rape, but expressed the hope that the people of Manipur would accept the "real facts" after the first post-mortem report revealed neither sexual abuse nor torture, as had been alleged. Lt.-Gen. J.S. Verma, General-Officer-Commanding of the Army's Eastern Command, said in Kolkata that Manorama was a confirmed member of the PLA and had taken part in many of its operations.
OPPOSITION parties joined the protest and extended support to the demand for the withdrawal of the AFSPA and set a three-day deadline to the Ibobi government to take action on it. Their leaders also hailed the protests as "courageous acts" to protect human rights. Ibobi, who was in Delhi for nearly a week consulting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, returned to Imphal on August 4 to a barrage of protests.
While a harried State administration re-imposed an indefinite curfew in the twin districts of Imphal East and Imphal West after the United Progressive Alliance government expressed reluctance to withdraw the Act, Opposition legislators staged a sit-in demonstration in front of the Assembly demanding the convening of a special session of the House to adopt a resolution for the withdrawal of the Act. "We have demanded the summoning of a special session of the Assembly because as public representatives, we want to reflect the voice of the people on the floor of the House," said N. Chandramani Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister and at present Leader of the Opposition. For the past three and a half years, Irom Sharmila Shanu, a young Manipuri woman, has been on a "fast unto death" demanding that the legislation be revoked. She began her fast after 10 people were killed in retaliatory action by security forces on the outskirts of Imphal in 2001, and is being forcibly fed liquids forcibly at the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital.
The Central government, following the Prime Minister's discussions with political parties including those in the Opposition, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs, said it was not in favour of withdrawing the Act. It felt that such a move, while appearing to allow the 20-odd militant outfits in the State a free run, would give room for similar demands by other States.
The court of inquiry instituted by Assam Rifles failed to assuage public anger as it lacked transparency. It found some lapses by Assam Rifles personnel, but remained silent on the allegations of rape until it received forensic evidence. Similarly, the Justice P. Upendra Commission, which has begun its probe, failed to convince the protesters to call off their agitation as Clause 6 of the AFSPA bars all legal proceedings against security forces personnel without Central government sanction.
Chandramani Singh said: "Our past experiences showed that even after judicial probes found personnel of the armed forces guilty of violating human rights or committing excesses, the Central government either denied or delayed prosecution sanction against the guilty personnel." He also pointed out that the AFSPA had failed to suppress the insurgency in the State. "Rather, it has proved to be counter-productive as insurgency-related activities in Manipur have only increased. The solution to the problem lies in holding unconditional talks with the insurgent outfits instead of trying to find a military solution and allowing the armed forces to let loose a reign of terror in the name of counter-insurgency operations."
Meanwhile, the pressure on the Ibobi government is mounting from within, with two Ministers and seven legislators of the ruling Congress threatening to resign if the Act is not withdrawn by August 15.
Manipur's protest
This is disgusting! Commiting genocide and displacing the original inhabitants. Just like what they do in Thailand. No wonder the Thais and Chinese Thais hate Indian guts.
Wow, horrible!!!
Just remember PRC are no push-overs! Don't think we are weak and scared like Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans, Pakistanis, Manipurs. If you push us too far, WHAM! I think our Pakistani brothers are HOPING you do something stupid, they can't want to see your arses kicked. Only USA and Russia are comparable with us. India can barely handle Pakistan. Don't think you can continue committing human rights violations against our people and get away with it.
Karma will kick you in your ***!
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Not only is India a huge hypocrite, but ROUTINELY violated minority rights. Manipur Chinese are being WIPED OUT IN GENOCIDE. Is this not wrong?!
I am not pasting this photo as it has some nude content. I am pasting the link. Click on it and see by yourself.
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Just think when a group of women can protest in this manner after how much torture.
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Yes I know of this one.
Often I hear of these rapings and murders by Indian Army, not only in Manipur but everywhere in India. India is not a safe place for females. They don't DARE do anything when I was living there, because they were so small and weak. Average height of Indian male is 5ft 4inches. The big guys just have big "delhi bellies" but weak and slow. Bullies only prey on the weak.
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Yes please send me your sources. PRC doesn't not mention these as their policy is openness and friendship with all nations. Please send me all shocking evidence.
At this moment I am giving you this report from the Asian Human Rights Commission. I will send you more stuff later on.
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INDIA: Torture and murder of a woman by armed forces in India
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