PREPAK calls for collective struggle
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 16 2015 :
On the occasion of the International Justice Day (July 17), the proscribed PREPAK has called upon all the people by Kangleipak to join the International Criminal Court"s (ICC) mission to punish all oppressors and aggressors across the planet by way of exposing the repressive measures unleashed by the alien regime and their puppet Government on the people of the land.
A statement issued by the outfit's assistant secretary, publicity and propaganda Leibakngakpa Luwang called upon the people of Kangleipak (Manipur) to join the international movement against crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocides and crimes of aggression so that justice, peace and prosperity prevail in the world.
The United Nation's General Assembly Convention on the Prevention of Crime and Genocide was held on December 9, 1948 and it laid the foundation for the Permanent Criminal Tribunal.
Later, a diplomatic conference was held at Rome on July 17, 1998 and the resolutions adopted there were put into practice from July 1, 2002 .
For the genocidal killing of 17 lakh Cambodians between 1975-1979, Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea, Kheiu Samphan, Leng Sary and Leng Thirith faced ICC trial 30 years later.
Prime Minister of Rwanda Jean Kambanda was also sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of committing genocide against four lakh people in 1994 .
President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic was also apprehended by the International Criminal Tribunal of Yugoslavia and sent to prison for the war crimes he committed against the people of Albania.
Cambodian leader General Pinochet was adjudicated by the ICC in 1990 for committing genocide in his country from 1979 onward and former President of Liberia Charles Taylor was sentenced to prison for 50 years by the ICC.
Congo National liberation movement leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo was sentenced to 14 years by the ICC on July 10, 2012 after conducting his trial at the Haque for committing war crimes and recruiting children below 15 years in his fighting force.
At present, there is a humanitarian crisis in Syria as a result of a raging civil war while justice remains elusive to millions of victims.
At the same time, Islamic militant groups like Boko Haram have been unleashing all kinds of repressive measures upon civilians including children and women.
In Kangleipak (Manipur), the Indian military forces have been committing all kinds of genocide, war crimes, crimes of aggression and crimes against humanity, the outfit accused.
Apart from committing genocide, rapes and murders, the Indian military has been orchestrating many cases of fake encounters and forced disappearances which are prohibited by the ICC.
Whereas innocent student Sapam Robinhood was killed in police action in the course of the ongoing pro-ILPS mass movement, the puppet Government has been trying to exonerate the security forces by blaming the protesters.