Monthly Archives: March 2006

FIR lodges for 10 Hmar rape cases

Imphal, March 23, 2006: The OC, Parbung police station, has registered FIR for 10 rape cases, and recorded the statements of four such victims in connection with the rape allegations raised against UNLF and KCP cadres in Tipaimukh subdivision.

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Rajkhowa panel issues public notice

Imphal, March 21, 2006: The Justice SP Rajkhowa Inquiry Commission has issued public notices for it to go ahead with the investigation into the allegations of sexual molestation of M Naobi Chanu while in the custody of Thoubal police commandos … Continue reading

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Ibobi plans healing touch for villages

Imphal, March 21, 2006: Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh has decided to visit Thanlon and Parbung in Churachandpur district on March 28. He will meet residents of the area from where tribal villagers fled to Mizoram recently following depredations … Continue reading

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HSA moots NHRC involvement

Imphal, March 21, 2006: Reacting to the State Government’s decision to institute a Judicial Inquiry to ascertain the veracity of the allegations of mass rape of Hmar girls by cadres of the UNLF and KCP at Lungtholien, the Hmar Students’ … Continue reading

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Hmar women skeptical of enquiry move

Lamka, March 21, 2006: The government plan to conduct a judicial enquiry over the alleged rape incident of some girls at Lungthulian village on January 16 by the cadres of UNLF and KCP is merely its effort to buy time … Continue reading

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ATSUM vetoes fact finding team

Newmai News Network Imphal, March 21, 2006: The All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has asserted that the facts about the “mass rape” case of Churachandpur district had already been exposed by NGOs in the newspapers including in the North … Continue reading

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Rape victims testifies before Magistrate

Imphal, March 20, 2006: One of the 14 alleged rape victims at Lungthulien on January 16 this year gave her confessional statement before the Link Magistrate of Bishnupur on March 15, said a well placed source.

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Rajkhowa arrives to chair probe panels

Imphal, March 20, 2006: Retired Judge of Calcutta High Court, SP Rajkhowa arrived at Imphal today to probe the alleged mass rape of Hmar women by underground cadres at Churachandpur district and also to probe the allegations of sexual molestation … Continue reading

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Involve NHRC, NCW in probe, says HSA and HWA

Shillong, March 20, 2006: President of the All Tribals Students’ Union Manipur, Dr John Pulamte on Monday condemned the alleged rape of more than 21 Hmar women, including minors as young as 13, by Manipur valley based militants, the United … Continue reading

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Commission to inquire into molestation, rape allegations

Imphal, March 20, 2006 (PTI): The Manipur government has constituted two commissions of inquiries to investigate the allegations of molestation of a lady teacher by police commandos and rape of tribal girls by militants, official sources said today.

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ATSUM against fact-finding team looking into rape allegations

Imphal, March 20, 2006: The All Tribal Students Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has affirmed that the facts about the “mass rape” case of Churachandpur district had already been exposed by various NGOs in the newspapers including in the Northest Sun magazine … Continue reading

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Naga bodies against TIPS move

Imphal, March 19, 2006: The efforts and concerns of Threatened Indigenous Peoples’ Society (TIPS) to form a fact finding team and the appeal to all civil societies/organizations to attend a meeting for the formation of the team to probe the … Continue reading

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