Archive for April, 2006
Imphal, April 11, 2006: With the Parbung police station registering five more cases on the alleged mass rape of Hmar women at Lungthulien on January 16 this year, the number of FIRs lodged has gone up to 15. The Parbung PS had earlier registered 10 FIR cases on the matter and recently five more cases were registered bringing the number of cases filed to 15, said official sources. More »
Hmar Inpui Press Statement
April 11, 2006
The Hmar Inpui, General Headquarters, Churachandpur, Manipur note with deep vexations the April 9, 2006 Press Statement of the UNLF that appeared in some sections of the local as well as national newspapers in India. More »
Imphal, April 8, 2006: Stating that UNLF is constrained to observe that activities of certain outside-based NGOs on the issue of rape and torture allegedly committed by some MPA-KCP cadres in Churachandpur district have crossed the limit of rationale tolerance, the underground organisation reiterated its willingness to cooperate with concerned NGOs in finding out the truth. More »
Imphal, April 8, 2006: As demanded by some NGOs the State Government has begun exercises for temporary sitting of the Rajkhowa commission at Parbung to record statements of victims in the alleged mass rape of Hmar women folk in Lungthulien village of the Churachandpur sub-division. More »
Imphal, April 8, 2006: Were the 21 girls from ethnic Hmar tribe subjected to mass rape by armed insurgent cadres on 16 January, 2006 at Lungthulien village in the remote Tipaimukh?
Well, it may be just a matter of time for the truth to come out with the one-man committee headed by a former Calcutta High Court judge, Mr Justice Rajkhowa, working in full swing. More »
Imphal, April 6, 2006: Justice SP Rajkhowa Commission of Inquiry constituted to enquire into the alleged rape and molestation of some Hmar girls by cadres of some underground outfits in Parbung sub-division in Churchandpur is scheduled to camp at Parbung for a week to conduct public and victims hearing. More »
Imphal, April 06, 2006: After minutely considering the requests of a number of tribal organisations that the Justice (Retd) Rajkhowa Inquiry Commission hold its sitting at Parbung to record the statements and affidavits of the alleged rape victims and witnesses, the Commission has decided to hold its temporary sitting at Parbung. More »
New Delhi, April 5, 2006: Over 300 Manipuri students on Wednesday staged a protest here, seeking action against perpetrators of human rights violations in the State. Around 11 a.m., they gathered at Jantar Mantar and marched towards the Parliament Street Police Station. On being stopped there, they tried to break a barricade. More »
Imphal, April 5, 2006: The Delhi units of the Mizo Zirlai Pawl, Hmar Student’s Association, Khangthh Zuun Pawl, Paite Student’s Welfare Association, Zillai and the Zomi Sangnaupang Pawlpi have strongly condemned the alleged rape of Hmar women by some cadres of the underground UNLF and KCP in the interior areas of Churachandpur, saying the action perpetrated by the underground cadres were massive violation of basic human rights and dignity of women. More »
Imphal, April 04, 2006: With some women organisations requesting the Justice (Retd) Rajkhowa Inquiry Commission to hold its sitting at Parbung to record the statement of the alleged rape victims of Lungthulien, the Commission is minutely studying the situation so that the inquiry may be held in the most effective manner. More »
Imphal, April 4, 2006: The Justice S.P. Rajkhowa (retd) commission, simultaneously probing the alleged mass rape of 21 girls in Churachandpur district and molestation of an arrested woman by commandos in Thoubal district, extended the deadline for submission of a statement and affidavit till April 16. More »
New Delhi, April 4, 2006: Braving the blistering April sun, hundreds of people from Manipur held a protest rally in Delhi today to condemn the alleged mass rape of Hmar women in Tipaimukh and the planting of landmines by underground militants in Churachandpur district. More »