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*Statement of Human Rights Groups on the Situation in Manipur*
The ongoing economic blockade enforced by All Naga Student Association
Manipur (ANSAM) and others in the Indian state of Manipur since 11 April
2010 has pushed the people in the state to the verge of existence. The
state-wide strike organised by the ANSAM blocking roads and highways,
national highway 39 and 53, which are the only lifeline of Manipur, has
resulted in acute shortage of food, medicine and other essential commodities
in the state.
Manipur is a state where ordinary life is marred with extreme forms of
violence ranging from abduction to murder committed by state and non-state
actors. The strike led by the ANSAM has added further miseries to the
people's lives. In remote hill districts like Tamenglong, even the
government food storage facilities are empty since the past few weeks. In
Imphal, the capital city, the government and private hospitals have closed
down emergency services. Within the next few days they will be unable to
maintain its life support systems due to shortage of essential supplies
including medicines and nasal cannula oxygen.
The price of food grains and other household supplies like rice, kerosene
and cooking gas have escalated to such a level that the ordinary people
cannot afford to buy household provisions anymore. Vehicle, including the
inter-state and inter-district transport, are off the road as the fuel
stations closed since weeks.
The strike is in protest against the state government's notification for
holding elections to the autonomous hill district councils in Manipur under
the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council (3rd Amendment) Act, 2008.
Additionally, the state government issued another notification for the first
phase of the Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections in Manipur on 26
April 2010. After this, the organisations declared the initial strike to be
extended for an indefinite period.
Naga organsations consider the ADC election as a threat to their claim for
'Greater Nagaland', also known as 'Nagalim' a separate independent status
within India merging neighbouring states into one entity with Naga racial
supremacy.
In the midst of this tension, the NSCN-IM General Secretary, Mr. Th. Muivah
was granted permission to visit to the Manipur by the Union Government
against the strong opposition of the Government of Manipur. The opposition
is on the ground that the visit would further escalate prevailing tensions
between communities.
The state administration increased security deployment in the border town of
Mao to stop Muivah from entering Manipur. In a resultant scuffle, two
protestors supporting Muivah’s visit were shot dead and a group of 80 men
and women were injured and hospitalised in the police action. This triggered
off further protest and arson in some hill districts. Naga Students’
Federation (NSF) and other Naga groups of Nagaland are extending support to
these protestors.
The situation in the state is extremely volatile and with the slightest
provocation, an internal conflict may breakout. If this happens it could
spread to a large area and destabilise the whole region. So far, neither the
state nor the Union Government has taken any action to prevent the impending
danger.
Analysts view the inaction of the Government, adopting a wait and watch
strategy to the plight of the civilians and the use of brutal force against
the protestors deliberate to sharpen ethnic divide and foment civil strife.
A group of civil society organisations including Asian Human Rights
Commission, Asian Centre for Human Rights, Human Rights Alert and Barak
Human Rights Protection Committee have sent a letter to the Prime Minister
of India calling for an immediate intervention in the situation.
Neharul Ahmed Mazumder
Secretary General
Date 11 May, 2010
Place: Silchar, Assam
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