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PM betrayed us : Kangla protesters
- Movement against army act to continue
The Telegraph | Khelen Thokchom | Imphal, Jan. 5:
Ramani and her co-protesters are still angry because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not yet delivered on his promise to replace the army act with a more humane one. “The Kangla Fort protest was out of desperation. It has been 10 years since Manorama was raped and killed. Manmohan Singh has done nothing to keep his promise,” Ramani said today.
Years of bottled-up anger over excesses committed by the security forces under the army act, which gave them blanket cover against prosecution without the sanction of the Centre, had burst out after Assam Rifles personnel picked up Thangjam Manorama from her Imphal East house and shot her after allegedly raping her on the night of July 11, 2004.
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