Monthly Archives: June 2006

Imphal, June 22, 2006: Though the Rajkhowa panel probing into the alleged mass rape of Hmar women at Lungthulien has already accepted the petitions praying for cross examining the supposed victims, the venue has not yet be able to finalise … Continue reading →

S Singlianmang Guite Lamka, June 19, 2006: An apex council of the Vaiphei community, Vaiphei Peoples Council was all in praise of the Assam Rifles encamping along the Tipaimukh Highway, NH 150 for their initiative in addressing various grievances of … Continue reading →

S Singlianmang Guite Lamka, June 19, 2006: The rape allegation of Hmar women at Tipaimukh sub-division appears to be taking another twist as Human Rights Alert and Hmar Women Association, both a party in investigating the incident continuing to refute … Continue reading →

Newmai News Network Aizawl, June 18, 2006: Dr John Pulamte, president of the Manipur-based All Tribal Students Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has been reported as saying that the relief package offered for Hmar refugees by the Manipur government for their rehabilitation … Continue reading →

Aizawl, June 16, 2006: The Manipur government has made a move to repatriate Hmar families who fled their homes in Tipaimukh sub-division neighbouring Mizoram following alleged atrocities of Meitei underground militants since December last year.

Imphal, June 4, 2006 (PTI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has claimed that an enquiry conducted by it has found “ample circumstantial evidence” for the panel to assume that some girls were “raped or molested” by militants in Churachandpur … Continue reading →

Yumnam Rupachandra Imphal, June 3, 2006: The Justice (Rtd) Rajkhowa Inquiry Commission may be mulling whether to allow cross examination of rape victims of the Parbung area, as was demanded by some NGOs, but a lone-member fact-finding panel from the … Continue reading →

Imphal, June 3, 2006: Despite the lack of primary medical evidence, there is sample circumstantial evidence to assume that some girls were either raped or molested by underground militants in Parbung and Lungthulien villages, Churachandpur district, according to Malini Bhattacharya, … Continue reading →

Addie Chiphang Ukhrul, June 03, 2006: Notwithstanding lack of primary evidence, member of National Commission for Women Malini Bhattacharya said based on secondary evidences like mental trauma, physical ailment, depression and lingering fear reflected on the victims it could be … Continue reading →

Imphal, June 3, 2006: The National Commission for Women has reported that 25 women and girls, most of them minors, were raped, molested and assaulted by militants in Tipaimukh subdivision of Manipur’s Churachandpur district in January.

Imphal, June 02, 2006: Reacting to the news report “Hmar women against HRA petitionâ€?, in which the integrity and motive behind Human Rights Alert (HRA)’s appeal for cross-examination of the victims of the alleged mass rape of Hmar women at … Continue reading →

Imphal, June 2, 2006: The Human Rights Alert, HRA, has strongly defended its appeal for cross-examination of the victims of the alleged mass rapes at Parbung and Lungthulien before the Rajkhowa commission of inquiry, asserting that there is no other … Continue reading →