Dimapur, December 11 (MExN): International Human Rights watchdog Amnesty International today denounced the Indian government’s attempt to amend the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and has demanded that Indian parliamentarians must repeal the black law. Indian Parliamentarians voting on a government-introduced bill to amend the AFSPA must repeal the law instead, stated Amnesty International in a statement issued on Read more
Indian separatists ‘increasingly cornered’ By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta Separatist rebels from north-east India, facing considerable heat in Bangladesh, are desperate to find a new sanctuary in the neighbourhood, officials say. Nearly 50 of them have been arrested by Bangladesh security forces in the last two months and quietly handed over to Indian authorities . That includes at least Read more
PRESS RELEASE O8 – 12 – 09 The claim made by Mr. Gobinda Basumatary and Rwjab Deka in the press conference on 5th Dec, 2009 that Rwjab Deka escaped 10 months ago from the Boroland Army General Headquarters is nothing but just a blatant lie and a cheap propaganda. Rwjab Deka, the then Commandant of the Third Battalion who was Read more
Dimapur | December 9 : One of the world’s best known Nobel Peace Laureates and the man chosen by President Nelson Mandela to chair South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has congratulated the Naga people for the steps being taken to bring about peace and reconciliation. In a rare but significant letter of encouragement, Desmond Tutu wrote Read more
Dimapur, December 9 (MExN): The Forum for Naga Reconciliation has stated that “significant progress have been achieved with Naga Reconciliation” and that the recent Chiang Mai VII meet, November 30 to December 3, 2009, was further strengthened and affirmed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his letter to the Forum For Naga Reconciliation, dated December 1, 2009, from his office in Read more
Naga Integration is not a farce but it is inborn Swu and Th.Muivah is expected to visit, New Delhi soon and the NPCC welcoming the statement of G.K. Pillai, Union Home Secretary, Government of India (GOI). It appears that, there is a slip of proper information and proper study on the subject matter. The Government of India and the NSCN Read more
Naga hope finds a voice in Japan For the past more than 50 years, the greater Indo-Naga political question has been birthing among others, a steady progression of wide-ranging attention from interests other than those political. The academic merits and scholastic application of the indigenous Nagas’ socio-political life have been explored in one and many ways, on one platform Read more
Naga groups seek common approach Dimapur | December 8 : Despite the recent flurry of media reports and intense speculation doing the rounds on the Government of India’s reported proposals to be placed before the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) for further talks, reliable sources are however pointing out that the Naga groups (the two NSCNs and FGN) are Read more
Condolence Message 7th Dec. 2009 The NSCN/GPRN expressed shock and mourns over the sudden and untimely demise of Lieut. Benchamo Kithan, V.P Battalion, S/O of Tsumongo Kithan of Yikhum village who breathed his last on 4th Dec. ’09 at Dimapur owing to a B.P. stroke. Late Mr. Benchamo, who was born on 30th 1975, joined national service on 22nd Sept. Read more