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One Year on, the BJP Is Feeling the Impact of the Manipur Crisis
The state and Union governments' apathy in Manipur during the last year led to poll losses for the BJP in the Northeast.
#manipur #LokSabhaElection2024 #ManipurUnrest #BJP #NDA #meiteis #KukiZos #india
https://thewire.in/politics/one-year-on-the-bjp-is-feeling-the-impact-of-the-manipur-crisis
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Meitei Christians in India’s Manipur Face Broad Attacks
While the conflict has been ethnic in nature, there has been an underlying communal element to the violence, write Makepeace Sitlhou and Greeshma Kuthar.
#manipur #AntiChristianViolence #meiteis #MeiteiChristians #BJP #RSS #HinduMobs #hindutva #BJPStates #minorities #ManipurViolence #india
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/meitei-christians-in-indias-manipur-face-broad-attacks/
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Nobel Peace laureates join citizens' initiative to establish peace in conflict-hit Manipur
Amid efforts by the Centre to convince the Meitei and Kuki groups in Manipur to stop violence, two Nobel Peace laureates have joined a citizens' initiative to restore peace in the conflict-hit state.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #NobelPeacePrize #NobelLaureates #ITPM #ShirinEbadi #JodyWilliams #BinalakshmiNepram #InternationalPeaceBureau #india
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How Manipur hounds Kuki intellectuals
3 civil society leaders have been charged with outraging religious feelings, promoting enmity between groups after they articulated their community’s viewpoint on brutal conflict in media interviews, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #censorship #KhamKhanSuanHausing #MaryGraceZou #WilsonLHangsing #christians #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/how-manipur-hounds-kuki-intellectuals-23304676
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Manipur violence: Several houses set on fire in Imphal, one person shot
The unrest continued after five people – three from the Meitei community and two from the Kuki-Zo community – were killed in the early hours of Saturday.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #displacement #majoritarianism #BJP #india
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Feminist icons or violent vigilantes? The contentious role of Meira Paibis in Manipur’s conflict
Celebrated for long as the torchbearers of Manipur, Meitei women groups now stand accused of blocking the army and egging on violence against Kuki-Zo women.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #MeiraPaibis #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ViolenceAgainstWomen #MeiteiNationalism #christians #majoritarianism #india
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“The video hurts so much, I cannot find the words”
The family of the women in the Manipur video recounts its ordeal.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kangpokpi #ArambaiTenggol #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #vaipheis #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india
TW: descriptions of rape
https://caravanmagazine.in/conflict/manipur-women-video-viral-family-recounts-ordeal
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Double-Engine: The Union and State Government Must Answer for Manipur
August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time. Nandita Haksar writes.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #christians #churches #BJP #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #article355 #environment #ForestRights #UnionGovt #india
https://thewire.in/politics/double-engine-the-union-and-state-government-must-answer-for-manipur
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Manipur violence: 53 bodies – mostly Kukis – lie unclaimed at two Imphal hospitals
27 bodies are at JNIMS in Imphal East, 26 at RIMS in Imphal West.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #imphal #kukis #zomis #meiteis #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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‘Are we not Indians?’: In Imphal, thousands join march to demand normalcy
Most of the protesters were from the Meitei community.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #imphal #protests #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #COCOMI #MeiraPaibis #majoritarianism #NRC #india
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Manipur was given to us by our forefathers, not by India: Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh
Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh says that sacking CM Biren Singh will send a message to the Meiteis that Indian government has backed the Kukis to defeat Meiteis. The Meiteis will also protest against the President’s Rule as it’s a demand by the Kukis.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #MeiteiLeepun #PramotSingh #RSS #ABVP #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJP #hindutva #MeiteiNationalism #interview #india
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Can’t be a five-trillion dollar economy at cost of rivers of blood flowing in North-East
At the heart of the conflict are a disenchanted peoples, Kuki-Zo, Nagas and Meiteis and a society torn asunder by the cynical politics of the ‘double engine sarkar’, writes Rupa Chinai.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #nagas #KukiZos #majoritarianism #sanamahi #ArambaiTenggol #MeiteiLeepun #ForestConservationAct #PalmOilMission #ForestRights #BJP #india
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Tipping point
The violence in Manipur exhibits two symptoms-- The impunity with which Meitei mobs have been allowed to loot police armouries and the instrumental use of rape to announce the end of Kuki citizenship, writes Mukul Kesavan.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #BirenSingh #rape #ManipurPolice #citizenship #christians #christianity #assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #hindutva #india
https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/tipping-point-notes-on-the-violence-in-manipur/cid/1955455
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India's Internet Shutdowns Hurt Women More, Manipur Assaults Show
"If there was no internet shutdown, those videos would have surfaced over two months ago and the horror could have been addressed speedily," said editor of Shillong Times Patricia Mukhim.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #InternetShutdown #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #HumanRights #BJP #UnionGovt #india
https://thewire.in/security/indias-internet-shutdowns-hurt-women-more-manipur-assaults-show
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Opinion: Meiteis must speak up against the Manipur violence – as writer MK Binodini would have done
There is no one left who has the courage to stand up against the deadly identity politics. But the dominant community must take the first step. Nandita Haksar writes.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #MeiraPaibis #ArambaiTenggol #MeiteiLeepun #AssamRifles #NCW #MKBinodini #majoritarianism #BJP #ManipurUnrest #HumanRights #india #NanditaHaksar
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Inside the war India doesn’t want the world to see
From bombings to beheadings, ethnic violence has engulfed Manipur for the last two months. Facing an internet blackout and little word from prime minister Narendra Modi on the crisis, Namita Singh reports from a state that has been pushed to the brink of civil war.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #zos #majoritarianism #BJP #NarendraModi #ManipurUnrest #HumanRights #displacement #InternetShutdowns #india
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-war-internet-blackout-b2383002.html