NESO condemns attack on indigenous people of Tripura
Source: The Sangai Express
Shillong, September 01 2016:
The North East Students' Organisation (NESO) has on Wednesday condemned what it termed as the unprovoked attack on people belonging to the indigenous peoples of Twipra (Tripura) who were part of the rally in Agartala on August 23, 2016 .
"The NESO is deeply disturbed by such violence to the already marginalised and disenfranchised indigenous community by members of non-indigenous population which resulted in the injury to scores of people and also the failure on the part of the State Government to give protection to people conducting peaceful rallies," NESO chairman, Samuel Jyrwa said.
NESO has demanded that the State Government should conduct a judicial inquiry into the incident and that adequate compensation is extended to victims of this unprovoked violence.
In this respect, the North East Students' Organisation (NESO) along with the Twipra Students' Fedreration (TSF), Gauhati Unit, will organise a sit in demonstration in Gauhati on September 2 as a mark of solidarity to the indigenous peoples of Twipra and also to give a strong message to the non-indigenous communities of Twipra that the people of Twipra are not alone in their fight for their rights but the entire indigenous peoples of the North Eastern region are with them and encourage the indigenous peoples of Twipra to never back down but to keep on fighting for their rights.