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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

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/

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

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/manipur/nobel-peace-laureates-join-citizens-initiative-to-establish-peace-in-conflict-hit-manipur-2655437

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

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

https://scroll.in/latest/1053865/manipur-violence-several-houses-set-on-fire-in-imphal-one-person-shot

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

https://scroll.in/article/1053761/feminist-icons-or-violent-vigilantes-the-contentious-role-of-meira-paibis-in-manipurs-conflict

“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

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

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

https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/08/01/manipur-violence-53-bodies-mostly-kukis-lie-unclaimed-at-two-imphal-hospitals

‘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

https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/07/30/are-we-not-indians-in-imphal-thousands-join-march-to-demand-normalcy

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

https://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/story/manipur-was-given-to-us-by-our-forefathers-not-by-india-meitei-leepum-chief-pramot-singh-623739-2023-07-30

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

https://sabrangindia.in/cant-be-a-five-trillion-dollar-economy-at-cost-of-rivers-of-blood-flowing-in-north-east-rupa-chinai/

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

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

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

https://scroll.in/article/1053324/opinion-meiteis-must-speak-up-against-the-violence-as-manipuri-writer-mk-binodini-would-have-done

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