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Threatened by Meitei Leepun, Babloo Loitongbam stands firm against false claims and advocates for refugees
After receiving threats from Meitei Leepun, Babloo Loitongbam issues a statement denying allegations of financial ties to the Kuki community, calls for a transparent refugee policy and reaffirms his commitment to peaceful advocacy for human rights in Manipur
Supreme Court comes down heavily on Manipur government for failing to take undertrial to Court owing to his ethnic Kuki identity
Supreme Court: "Sorry counsel, we do not trust the State (of Manipur). The accused was not taken to hospital because he is from the Kuki community”
Manipur: Violence surges as do displacements, CM Biren Singh finally admits that Centre & State are not meeting public expectations
In an unusually candid, interview, post-election results (June 4) to the Indian Express on June 9, CM Manipur N Biren Singh, accepting responsibility for the 12 month long targeted conflict in the state, admitted that both the Centre and State had not met public expectations; this admission came is after ten days of fresh bouts of violence, more displacements, loss of property, curfew, and an attack on his own, the CM’s advance convoy
Manipur conflict state-manufactured in order facilitate corporate loot: FACAM
In a statement marking one year of what it...
Manipur: Blast leaves 2 CRPF men dead at outpost, polls marred by allegations
The death of two CRPF men in a blast has led to a sharp exchange between Kuki, tribal and Meitei organisations revealing the depth of the ethnic divide, even as the second days’ of polling on April 26 was marred by allegations of violence, tampering and bias
Bringing together fact-finding reports on Manipur, a commitment to conflict-ridden Manipur
An edited compendium of five varied fact-finding reports is released in Mumbai and Delhi on April 18: with the bitter Manipur ethnic conflict almost a year old and the complicity of the state and union governments clear, the effort is to draw attention, again to the fall out and consequence and renew cries for substantive justice
Just days before polling, two killed in fresh violence in Manipur
Following the brutal killings becoming public, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two Kuki-Zo village volunteers “by central security forces;” the ITLF alleged that it was the central security forces who aided Meitei militants by firing and shelling tribal positions in Phailengmol area of Manipur's Kangpokpi district on April 13; meanwhile the Committee of Tribal Unity, a Kuki-Zomi group based in Kangpokpi district, called for a 24-hour shutdown in the district on Sunday.
Manipur conflict continues as two killed and many injured after protest
Two killed and numerous injured after the Kuki-Zo community protests against what the call as the ‘unfair’ dismissal of a Kuki-Zo head constable.
Moreh, Manipur: CCTV footage supports claims of locals, show men in uniform indulging in arson, Assam Rifles personnel standing as mute spectators
Fire brigades from Myanmar helped extinguish the fires, nothing but ashes left of three schools
January 11, another day of violence in Manipur: Three found dead in one district, gun violence in another
12 days into the month of January, fourth incident of gun violence and firing in the violence gripped state
Manipur: Fresh violence kills 4, curfew reimposed in 5 districts, why is the conflict intractable?
Four people have been allegedly shot dead and five others critically injured in Manipur's Thoubal district, leading to the reimposition of curfew in five districts in the valley