Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict. The four men kneeling in the makeshift bunker face out over a lush green paddy field, their guns resting on a wall of cement...
Behind India’s Manipur conflict: A tale of drugs, armed groups …
WEBApr 16, 2024 · Sugnu, India – Ratan Kumar Singh, a 58-year-old high school teacher, never imagined he would be happy to see armed fighters, or “revolutionaries” as he called them. But on May 28 last year, Singh...
Manipur - Wikipedia
WEBManipur (/ ˌ m ʌ n ɪ ˈ p ʊər /, [8] US also / ˌ m æ n ɪ ˈ p ʊər /; [9] Meitei: Kangleipak [a] [10] [11] [12]) is a state in northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. [13] It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west.
In Manipur, shadow of an earlier ethnic clash
WEBJun 4, 2023 · In a pre-communications era, the killings that took place in the 90s were often sporadic incidents spread over a five-year period. The clashes then did not match either the scale or the intensity of the present unrest in Manipur, …
Manipur violence: What is happening and why - BBC
WEBJul 20, 2023 · Ethnic violence has plunged the small Indian state of Manipur into what many have dubbed a state of civil war as the two largest groups, the majority Meitei and minority Kuki, battle over land...
When did Kukis reach Manipur and how the past is shaping the …
WEBAug 4, 2023 · Amid the Meitei demands for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and Kukis seeking a separate administration for the Manipur hills, it has become important to understand -- when exactly the Manipur kingdom was established, whether Manipur kings ruled the hill areas, and when the Kukis migrated to Manipur.
2023–2024 Manipur violence - Wikipedia
WEBLocation within India. On 3 May 2023, ethnic violence erupted in India 's north-eastern state of Manipur between the Meitei people, a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribal community from the surrounding hills. [ 48 ] According to government figures, as of 3 May 2024, 221 people have been killed in the violence and ...
Dozens of groups, deep faultlines: What is the history of …
WEBMay 30, 2023 · In the 1980s, Manipur was declared a disturbed area. Various peace talks since led to a tripartite Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement between the Centre, the state and the Kuki-Zomi groups in 2008. As the law-and-order situation gradually improved, AFSPA has been repealed from several areas.
Manipur violence | The genesis of the Manipur problem: All you …
WEBMay 6, 2023 · A long history of mutual suspicion between ethnic groups in the Imphal valley and the surrounding hills ignited into a violent conflict after the BJP-led Manipur government started a drive to evict tribal villagers from reserved forests.
Manipur’s ethnic faultlines: Kuki-Meitei divide & recent unrest
WEBMay 6, 2023 · In the 1990s, as the NSCN-IM pushed harder for self-determination, the Kuki-Zomi groups began to militarise, and the Kukis launched their own movement for ‘Kukiland’ — unlike the Naga movement, however, the Kuki-Zomi demand was for a state within India, not a separate national homeland.