CORE reiterates position on police brutality
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 10 2015 :
Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) Manipur has reiterated its position that the widely reported brutality and totally disproportionate use of force by the Manipur Police is a definitive sign of the utter failure of the State administration to respond to the democratic voice of the indigenous people of Manipur.
The reported violent attack by the police forces on the home of the grieving family of the Late Sapam Robinhood at Khurai Lairikyengbam Leikai, using tear gas and other projectiles, is a clear violation of domestic and international standards of humanitarian and human rights law, said CORE.
The organisation pointed out that it is the tradition for families to undertake a fast until the last death rites are completed.
A family undertaking this ritual fast has been brutally attacked by the state.
This act is absolutely unpardonable, said CORE.
Reports continued to pour in along with graphic photographs of civilian protestors all over the Imphal Valley against the homicide committed by the police on July 8 and demanding a law that protects the native people of Manipur from annihilation being subjected to torture and cruel and inhuman degrading treatment or punishment by the police.
With this latest development, as reported, the State of Manipur has been purposefully plunged into a situation of direct and violent confrontation between the government and its people.
Core said that it supported the legitimate demands of the people of Manipur for a strong legal statute that provides safeguards to the native population for their survival, livelihood, land and culture.
The organisation appealed the government to show some basic humanity and respect of the law.