No lifting of blockade yet, Pandey told According to NSF chief Mutsikhoyo Yhobu, Pandey requested that the economic blockade on Manipur state be lifted. Yhobu interacted with The Morung Express from Delhi tonight. However, it is understood that the students’ organization made clear that the blockade on Manipur would stand. The students’ leader said Pandey was explained the turn of Read more
Open Letter to CM of Manipur on NH-150 – Hmar Tlawmngai Pawl (HTP) – 18 May 2010 Date: May 18, 2010 Subject: Open Letter to CM of Manipur on NH-150 To, Mr. Ibobi Singh Chief Minister of Manipur Sir, We, the Hmar Tlawmngai Pawl (HTP) have been silently observing your indifferent approach towards the Hmars in Churachandpur district and the Read more
SINLUNG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION Truth, Justice and Peace Website: www.siphro.org Email: siphro@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE May 30, 2010 Sinlung Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Organisation (SIPHRO) is utterly shocked at the rising and excessive uses of violence by the security forces of the Government of Manipur against innocent civilians. SIPHRO strongly condemns the latest onslaught on civilians by the Manipur Read more
Mao Gate Incident:An Affront to the Cause of Peace and Justice – NSUD (Naga Student’s Union, Delhi) From the office of Naga students’ union delhi nsu_delhi@yahoo.com NSUD Press Release People say peace is a prerequisite to stability, development, progress and growth and so all societies and nations strive for peace. However, genuine peace can be achieved only when systemic subjugations Read more
‘No Nagaland bound trucks burnt down’ Newmai News Network Dimapur/Diphu, June 10: No trucks were burnt down in Assam as reported in some Imphal based newspapers yesterday. The Superintendent of Police, Dimapur and some organisations leaders in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district and a well known newspaper editor of the area informed Newmai News Network that no Nagaland bound truck was Read more
ZIB condemns IMPHAL, Jun 10 : The Zeliangrong Interim Body has strongly condemned the State Government’s alleged act of criminalising two Naga social leaders, Samson Remei, president UNC and ANSAM president David Choro. Terming it unprecedented, a press release issued by the ZIB remarked that the Ibobi-led Government remarked that this was nothing but continuance of the alleged subjugation and Read more
Response to “Who Oppressed Who” of Mr. Angomcha Santosh We are grateful to Angomcha Santosh, Secretary General, Manipur Young Forum for his passionate, albeit futile, defense for maintaining the status quo of Meetei hegemony and parochialism in which he has indulged in unsubstantiated diatribe against the tribals in Manipur. Mr. Angomcha’s diatribe is at best an asinine attempt that falls Read more
Mao Gate: A Bullet’s Anatomy Dimapur, June 10 (MExN): The post-mortem report on one of the two students shot dead on May 6 by Manipur police forces at Mao Gate in the Nagaland-Manipur suggests that the police may have opened fire when the protestors were fleeing. A copy of the post-mortem report of Senapati police on one of the two Read more
R E J O I N D E R T O A M U C O In view of the serious allegation perpetrated by All Manipur United Clubs Organisation (AMUCO) against the Naga Hoho platform on May 26, 2010, the Naga Hobo is constrained to issue this Rejoinder based on truth and justice. 1. We question the consistency of AMUCO Read more