A statement issued by various women’s organizations, students’ organizations, workers’ union, and other people’s organizations and democratic individuals of West Bengal. PRESS RELEASE 25.07.2023 Restore Peace in Manipur Immediately! Justice to Brutally Assaulted Manipuri Women! Sack Chief Minister N Biren Shah Singh! Sack Home Minister Amit Shah! We, like […]
Groundxero | 21 July, 2023 A statement by feminists, writers and activists regarding the sexual assault of Kuki Zo women in Manipur demanding the immediate dismissal of N Biren Singh from the post of Chief Minister of Manipur and asking the Supreme Court of India set up an Independent Enquiry Committee to examine the scale […]
The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) has issued a press statement condemning the Manipur Police for registering an FIR against a three-women member fact-finding inquiry enquiry team which recently visited various parts of the ethnic violence-hit state of Manipur and reported on the ground situation in the state. The fact-finding team consisted of Annie […]
The N. Biren Singh led BJP government in Manipur, in an attempt to suppress its dubious and partisan role in the ethnic clashes between Meities and Kukis in the state, has started criminalising efforts, opinions and views, which exposes its complicity in the violence. To suppress the truth about its complicity to be known to […]
Over 550 civil society groups and concerned individuals from across the country come together to condemn the continuing violence in Manipur. They call for an immediate stop to divisive politics by the state and security forces and urge all parties for an immediate ceasefire. Issuing a statement expressing deep concern about the continuing ethnic […]
Many, within the civil society at large, view incidents (killing of civilians) such as the one that happened in Nagaland, as one of exception, aberration – even as they continue to occur at periodic intervals. They are reluctant to accept that this is how, historically, the Indian State has responded to the political aspirations of […]
The civil society in Manipur intensified it’s reaction against the armed siege of the Manipur University by the BJP government. It is now revealed that pro-VC K Yugindro was “never manhandled by the students” and he lodged a “false FIR” that led to the armed siege in MU. As the conspiracy became evident and protests […]
Manipur University is under siege by armed forces. Many students and faculty members are under judicial custody. What follows is a narration of a series of complex events leading to the armed action in Manipur University. Michael Samjetsabam argues that ethnic tensions dented the University movement, not entirely, but to some extent. The author also […]
“… good examples [of virtue] arise from good education, good education from good laws, and good laws from those tumults that many inconsiderately damn.” – Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy The struggle in Manipur University has been continuing for more than fifty days now. Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU) has demanded the removal of […]
The rise of BJP in Manipur has been seen by many as the expansion of Hindutva ideology in an unfavorable terrain. BJP’s coming to power in Manipur in 2017 is seen as the rise of Hindutva forces in the state. This article gives a closer look at this general claim. This account attempts to show […]