DIMAPUR, MARCH 7 (MExN): The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) has vehemently condemned the outrageous incident of mass rape carried out by suspected valley based militants of Manipur, on ten (10) innocent Hmar girls on the16th January 2006 at Lungthuilain, Churachandpur district.
“NPMHR considers this dehumanizing act as a direct attack on the collective dignity of the indigenous hill peoples and share our sincere solidarity with the victims and the targeted community”, stated a press communiqué issued by Phamring Anal Convenor, NPMHR South (Manipur) and Nepuni Piku Secretary General, NPMHR.
Describing the use of rape as a systematic weapon by the dominant on the defenseless communities such as indigenous peoples to dissolve their cultural identity and to divest them of their ethnicity, the NPMHR statement appealed for a humane rehabilitation with proper restitution of those intentionally violated and demanded that the Government of Manipur to immediately track down those rapists and penalize them according to the rule of law.
The NPMHR also questioned the credibility of those organizations (s) which had perpetrated this unbridgeable chasm between the neighbouring communities. “This event of mass rape more clearly reflects the perpetrators existing attitudes on women in general. NPMHR on this day, the 8 March which is commemorated as ‘International Women’s Day’ share our unflinching solidarity to the women victims and assures our support in their struggle to seek justice”.
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