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Reuters
Nov 17, 2024

23 arrested in India’s Manipur for setting lawmakers’ homes on fire

Hundreds demonstrate against recent violent killings in defiance of a curfew

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Hum News
Sep 13, 2024

Manipur: What’s behind India’s failure to bring peace?

Manipur has been torn by ethnic strife over the past year. Peace has so far remained elusive and rights groups criticize the government for not being able to bring the warring communities together.

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Reuters
May 03, 2024

High security in India’s Manipur on anniversary of ethnic clashes

The region has become divided into a valley controlled by Meiteis and the Kuki-dominated hills, separated by a stretch of no-man’s land monitored by federal paramilitary forces, with some 60,000 displaced people living in relief camps.

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Hum News
Aug 09, 2023

In India’s brutal ethnic war, women are participants as well as victims

India’s northeastern states have been historically prone to insurgencies and ethnic violence but the vicious conflict between majority Meiteis and minority tribal Kukis in Manipur hit world headlines last month when a video surfaced of two Kuki women being paraded naked through a jeering mob.

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Hum News
Jul 24, 2023

US ‘deeply concerned’ by India sexual assault case in viral videos

The assault was reported by the victims aged 21 and 19 in May during intense ethnic clashes between the tribal Kuki people and majority ethnic Meitei over potential changes to economic benefits given to the Kuki.

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Hum News
Jul 22, 2023

Women set fire to house of Manipur rape suspect

The person had allegedly dragged two tribal women onto the streets in May and incited a mob to rape and parade them naked, police said on Friday.

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Hum News
Jul 20, 2023

Protest erupts in Manipur after two women ‘paraded naked’

The Indian Supreme Court issued a statement saying it was “deeply disturbed by the images” and asked the government to inform the court of the steps taken to apprehend the perpetrators and ensure such incidents were not repeated.