Human rights and electoral politics deliberated
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, October 07 2016:
Noted scholar Dr Arambam Lokendra has said that "Conflict situation has been a critical problem.
V alues of human dignity and freedom are absolutely being undermined by corruption now in the State." He said this while speaking at the one-day National seminar on "Human Rights and Electoral Politics in Manipur" today.
Organised by the Centre for Human Rights and Duties Education, Manipur University at Tribal Research Institute (TRI), Chingmeirong, the seminar had two separate technical sessions where research scholars, Professors and experts talked on different topics.
It was organized with an aim to make people more aware about human rights and electoral politics in the conflict-hit State, especially during elections.
The session assumes significance in the backdrop of the ensuing State Assembly polls.
Continuing his speech, Dr Arambam Lokendra recalled how civil societies started to take up the issues of human rights by organizing seminar and discourses in the 80s when Manipur was also experiencing struggle for self-determination at the same time.