Optics Aside, the Truth Behind Manipur's Ceasefire Agreement
The reality is that only a faction of the UNLF has participated in the peace talks – much smaller in terms of cadre capacity than the one that has decided to stay away from the latest ‘ceasefire’ with the government.
As The Government Failed Manipur, Once Peace-Loving People Picked Up Weapons, Fought & Died
The Manipur government’s failure to end the ethnic violence has caused ordinary Meitei and Kuki—a poet, a university student, an ironsmith—to pick up arms and die because they felt they had to defend their people.
Internet Ban in Manipur to Be Lifted Today, Says CM Biren Singh
Internet was shut down in the state for five months following the outbreak of violence on May 3. It was among the longest internet bans imposed in an Indian state.
Surrender Illegal Weapons in 15 Days or Face Action, Manipur CM Warns People
Thousands of sophisticated weapons have been looted from state armouries and police stations, which rival groups used in unleashing violence in the state. Several such calls for surrendering weapons were also made in the past, but to no avail.
Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict
A sense of fear is all pervasive in Manipur since shocking violence between their community and minority Kuki groups broke out, marked by brutal killings and sexual crimes against women. More than 200 people have been killed, roughly two-thirds of them Kukis, a collective name for the Kuki, Zomi, Chin, Hmar and Mizo tribes who are mostly Christians.
Manipur Govt's Statement Against Security Forces Goes Against Its Own Police's Version: Report
A 'Telegraph' report notes how the Biren Singh government and Manipur Police have differing versions of gunfight between an armed group and the security forces.
Behind Manipur violence, a ‘war on drugs’ that wasn’t
Even as Manipur's BJP government has publicised a 'war on drugs', heroin has gotten cheaper and more popular in the state with high school students increasingly prone to drug addiction.
Manipur ground report: Meiteis bar entry to 10 Kuki villages that were burnt down
The restrictions imposed by Meitei vigilante groups have made it next to impossible for mediapersons to investigate allegations of armed attacks and arson that occured in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district in June.
Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy
Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.
He embraced Meiteis but offended Kukis: Three errors of Amit Shah in handling Manipur crisis
Amit Shah focused tactically on what at the moment seemed to him the right thing to say but overlooked or ignored what was strategically more appropriate for Manipur’s future, writes Karan Thapar.
Days Before MHA Was to Finalise Kuki Accord Not Supported by CM, Violence Broke Out in Manipur
According to Kuki SoO groups in talks with Union government in Delhi, the modalities of the accord was on the lines of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, a longstanding demand of the community.
Assam Rifles faces the heat in Manipur; fabricated attempts to malign image: Army
In a statement, the Army’s Spear Corps said it along with Assam Rifles will continue to remain firm and resolute in carrying out actions to prevent violence in Manipur.
Double-Engine: The Union and State Government Must Answer for Manipur
August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time. Nandita Haksar writes.
Manipur was given to us by our forefathers, not by India: Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh
Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh says that sacking CM Biren Singh will send a message to the Meiteis that Indian government has backed the Kukis to defeat Meiteis. The Meiteis will also protest against the President’s Rule as it’s a demand by the Kukis.
From Manipur, A Peace Activist’s Account Of State Criminality & Culpability
In this blow-by-blow account, peace activist Harsh Mander describes his journey to Manipur, where he met Meitei and Kuki families broken by three months of ethnic violence, life inside the camps where hundreds live in despair, unsure if they will ever return to their scorched villages, and the “extreme culpability” of a seemingly partisan state that has done little to help the minority Christians who have been killed and uprooted in greater numbers.
The violence in Manipur exhibits two symptoms-- The impunity with which Meitei mobs have been allowed to loot police armouries and the instrumental use of rape to announce the end of Kuki citizenship, writes Mukul Kesavan.
Manipur: Section 376 of IPC missing from rape FIRs
Kuki organisations claim seven rapes took place since May 3. CM N. Biren Singh says only one rape happened. In another case, Section 376 was not applied even though FIR mentions rape.
Manipur assault video emboldens women to speak out
New allegations of violence against women are emerging in the north-east Indian state of Manipur, as the response to a viral video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob encourages others to speak.
The Kuki-Zo youth, who was arrested for sharing a post on CM Biren Singh, was being taken from court to jail on May 4, when a mob of around 800 men and women intercepted the police vehicle, dragged him out and beat him to death; NHRC records case as custodial death, issues notices.