CIRCA team detained
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 17 2016:
A 55-member delegation of CIRCA Youth
Front which went to Tripura to attend World Indigenous Day on
August 8 were detained by Tripura Police at Churabari Gate even
though they had the necessary pass.
Speaking to media persons at DESAM office today,
CIRCA Youth Front co-convenor Rajesh Yumnam said that
Tripura Police not only detained them but also forced them to
put up one while night inside a vehicle.
The delegates includ-
ing 15 women were allowed to proceed only at 7 am the next
day.
Nonetheless, the World Indigenous Day was observed
with a mass rally and a public meeting at Khumulong auditorium.
The way the delegation was detained for one whole
night even after knowing that they came to attend World
Indigenous Day observation smacked of the authority's intention to subdue indigenous peoples, Rajesh said.