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Manipur's lost sons: Why Irom's fight against AFSPA is in 15th year
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar & Sobhapati Samom | Imphal, November 03, 2014
Fourteen years on, the families of the Malom victims say they are still waiting for justice as they struggle to cope with the trauma of losing their loved ones. For many mothers in Manipur, losing a son to a decades-old conflict in the state is not unusual: According to a report submitted in March 2012 by Manipuri rights groups, they lost 1,497 sons in encounters with security forces between 1979 and May 2012, of which 98 were minors.
While some of those killed were rebels, many were just collateral damage in the conflict, say counter-insurgency officers. Most massacres of unarmed civilians in Manipur followed a lethal strike by rebels on armed forces personnel, but the trigger at Malom was an explosion that caused no harm.
Sharmila, known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, began her indefinite fast after the Malom massacre.
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