Women Action for Development denounces
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 21 2022:
Women Action for Development (WAD) has strongly condemned the repeated acts of alleged threat, intimidation and harassment by some miscreants to Sobita Mangsatabam who has been serving as the secretary of WAD and as the convenor of Women Committee of UNMM and have been working earnestly for the rights of deprived women in the state.
WAD in a press release expressed concern over the recent act where two persons came on the scooter and shouted against the name of Sobita using uncivilized and barbaric words challenging the modesty and reputation of women in front of the gate of WAD office on February 20 .
Further it mentioned that earlier in August, 2017 M Sobita was subjected to threat and intimidation by unknown miscreants and again she was threatened on 29th of July, 2019 by a person with a gun.
WAD expressed belief that such acts were well planned and coordinated by some vested interest group of people to challenge the work of her.
Therefore, WAD appealed to the authorities concerned to investigate the case with serious concern at the earliest and also urged the Government of Manipur to control such kind of acts posing threat to women human rights defenders and women organizations in Manipur.