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The Kuki Inpi Manipur, apex body of Kuki tribes in Manipur, on July 9 called for a 12-hour shutdown across all Kuki-Zo dominated districts of the State over the arrest of five purported village volunteers from their community by the security forces in the last two days, with some women’s groups of the Kuki-Zo community alleging that personnel of the …

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Manipur ethnic violence | In an armed conflict, the war on women

/ repeat shuffle Reina Haokip, 18, sits by her bedside and ticks the names of the medicines that she has had that day — a few multivitamins, iron capsules, and spoonsful of syrup. Like Haokip, many women have faced sexual violence in Manipur ever since ethnic clashes broke out between the Meiteis, who dominate Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zomis, who …

Police have already arrested six people in connection with the viral video of the incident on May 4 in Kangpokpi district. At least 14 people have been identified from a video of two women who were stripped and paraded and action has been initiated to arrest them, Manipur police said on Monday. A complaint in connection with the video was …

Manipur violence: Amid massive outrage, sixth accused arrested for parading women naked

The Manipur police have nabbed another accused in connection with instance of two women being marched naked in strife-torn Manipur. A video showing two women from one of the warring communities in Manipur being marched naked in Manipur's Kangpokpi surfaced on Wednesday and has ignited gigantic shock. Police said that in the video, he was prominently directing the mob at …

Before parading women naked in Manipur, mob killed people and torched houses, June 21 FIR states

An armed mob, nearly a thousand strong, had attacked a village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur and torched, looted houses, killed and raped wantonly before abducting two women whose forced naked parade caught on video outraged the entire nation. “The violent mob vandalised all the houses and burnt them to the ground after looting all the moveable properties,” the FIR …

National Commission for Women had been apprised of Manipur video incident on June 12

Before the video of the alleged incident of women being paraded naked and brutally assaulted in Manipur went viral on July 19, the National Commission for Women had been apprised of the same through an appeal by two women activists and a civil society organisation called the North American Manipur Tribal Association more than a month ago on June 12. …

Manipur violence: House of main accused who paraded women naked set on fire | VIDEO

Two days after a video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur, locals set fire to the house of Huerim Heradas Singh, one of the alleged accused seen in the viral video. The incident occurred in a village in the Kangpokpi district one day after ethnic violence broke out on May 3 in the northeastern state. …

Outrage in India over video of Manipur women paraded naked, raped

Incident happened on May 4, a day after deadly riots broke out between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo tribes in the remote Indian state. Kangpokpi, Manipur – A viral video from the Indian state of Manipur, showing dozens of men parading and assaulting two women who have been stripped naked, has triggered outrage in the country. Also on Thursday, India’s Supreme …

Akshay Kumar, Richa Chadha, celebs condemn Manipur violence against women

On July 19, an old video from the Manipur violence surfaced on the internet. CELEBS CONDEMN MANIPUR VIOLENCE According to a spokesperson of ITLF, the "despicable scene", which happened on May 4 in Kangpokpi district, shows men constantly molesting the helpless women, who cry and plead with their captors. Taking to his Twitter account, he wrote, "Shaken, disgusted to see …

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Women face sexual violence in Manipur, video clip surfaces

More than two months after three women were stripped and paraded by a mob in violence-hit Manipur, police said they have registered a case of gang-rape and abduction, and would soon make arrests. A statement by the Manipur police said, “In regard to the viral videos of two women paraded naked by unknown armed miscreants on May 4, a case …