Press Release Kohima: The Naga Hoho, Naga Mother’s Association, Naga Student Federation and the Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights held a meeting today at Kohima, 3rd May 2010 unanimously resolved to ensure the safe transit of the Ato Kilonser Mr. Th. Muivah, Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim to his native village in Ukhrul. To that end, a Read more
URGENT APPEAL FOR INTERVENTION NAGA PEOPLES MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (SOUTH) 4th May 2010 Numbering 4 million in population and more than 50 different tribes, the Nagas are a transnational indigenous people inhabiting contiguous parts of north-east India and north-west Burma. The Nagas were divided between the two countries with colonial transfer of power from Great Britain to India in Read more
Joint Press Release 3nd May, 2010 Visiting one’s birth place is a birth right The Zeliangrong Students Union, Manipur (ZSUM) and Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland), ZYF strongly condemn the Manipur Government’s deployment of heavily armed Manipur Police Commandos and Indian Reserved Battalion in Mao Gate, Jessami, Ukhrul, and other Naga areas in order to prevent Mr. Th. Muivah, Read more
PRESS RELEASE 3 May 2010 Machiavellian strategists often remark that ‘a thinking population might be potentially dangerous for maintaining status quo’. The siege of the Mao pass or the Mao-gate which began with the destruction of the traditional Naga welcome gate for Th. Muivah by the Manipur state’s security forces. It has now entered the second day with increasing restriction Read more
Press Release Date: 6th May 2010 The Naga civil societies expresses our deepest resentment at the unwarranted firing at Mao which has led to three deaths, more than a hundred injured and displacement of more than five hundred traumatized Naga people of surrounding Mao villages. We question the state government of Manipur if this is the way it protects its Read more
May 5, 2010 To, Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India New Delhi SUBJECT: Appeal to intervene AND defuse the current situation honourably and allow Mr. Th. Muivah to visit his home town in Manipur Dear Dr. Man Mohan Singh, We write to you as democratic rights activists, trade unionists, women’s rights groups, student groups and other concerned citizens to Read more
WOMEN’S TEAM FROM DELHI & MUMBAI HEARS VOICES OF PEACE IN THE NAGA HILLS OF MANIPUR In the midst of the tension around the proposed visit of NSCN-IM leader, Th. Muivah to the Naga Hills of Manipur, the border between Manipur and Nagaland has become a site for state belligerence as well as protests. Security forces moved into the territory Read more
Manipur to prevent entry of Muivah Imphal, May 1 (AGENCIES): The Manipur government has decided to prevent the entry of NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah in the state as his visit may lead to communal disharmony, an official spokesman said on Saturday. The decision to prevent entry of Muivah in Manipur was taken during a hurriedly-convened cabinet meeting last evening Read more
No objection, if it has no hidden agenda of Naga integration: UCM Source: Hueiyen News Service Imphal, April 30 2010: The United Committee Manipur (UCM) today said that the committee has no objection to the homecoming of Thuingaileng Muivah, general secretary of NSCN(MI) but they will stand against any move to break the territorial integrity during his visit. President of Read more