Free Erendro protest staged
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 27 2018:
Womenfolk of Thangmeiband Khomdram Selungba Leikai and Thangmeiband Hijam Dewan Leikai staged a sit in protest at Lamphel today, demanding immediate and unconditional release of Erendro Leichombam, convenor of Peoples' Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA).
Speaking to media persons, one of the women participating in the sit in protest demanded immediate release of Erendro, who was arrested and remanded to police custody for uploading some posts on the social media with the aim of defending the indigenous people of the State.
Arresting such an individual, while letting other people involved in creating and uploading the offensive video clip, go scotfree, is akin to politicising the issue, she claimed and added that the State and the country is deviating from democracy.
In a democracy, people have the right to speech.
What Erendro said in his posts are the sentiments of the people, she said and demanded the Government to release the individual at the earliest and warned of intense agitation in collaboration with the CSOs of the State if the Government fails to heed the demands of the people.