KIM says Sahnit Ni will continue till justice prevails
KYU holds candlelight service at Kpi
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, September 14 2022:
The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) has stated that the Kukis have renewed their pledge to continue the observation of Sahnit Ni 'Kuki Black Day' during the 29th observation of Kuki Black Day.
KIM in a statement stated that September 13 - Sahnit Ni (Kuki Black Day) is not just a symbolic date for the Kukis, it is a distinctly important date, and it is the darkest date in our history.
It is the date the Kukis around the globe paused to remember and reflect on the horrors of September 13, 1993 .
It also stated that the mass killing of Kukis by the NSCN-IM and their collaborators in the infamous 'Kuki Genocide' of 1992-1997, is arguably one of the bloodiest genocide in the history of modern India.
It continued that September 13, 2022, marks the 29th Anniversary of the deplorable massacre of our innocent people in Manipur at the hands of the NSCN-IM and their proxy � the Naga Lim Guards.
"Equally deplorable is that due to the apathetic attitude of the concerned authorities �State and the Central Government, justice is still elusive till date, for all the victims of the ethnic cleansing campaign, whose only crime was that they were Kukis", KIM stated while adding that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself.
The Joupi carnage was one of unspeakable horror in which 88 innocent Kukis were 'slaughtered like animals'.
The unbridled brutality in the Joupi massacre was one of primordial savagery never witnessed or heard before.
Another 20 innocent Kukis were also obliterated on that fateful day of September 13, 1993 � 13 villagers from Gelnal (Senapati District, now Kangpokpi District), 4 from Santing (Senapati District now Kangpokpi District) and 3 from Nungthut (Tamenglong) bringing the day's total head count to 108, it added.
KIM further stated that a perfect example of the State Administration's helplessness and paralysis was the September 13 'Massacre of the Kukis' .
The Central and the State Governments then were equally culpable, for their utter failure to protect the lives and the security of the Kukis.
The failure on the part of successive Central and State governments hitherto, to deliver justice to the victims makes them equally responsible for the same, it added.
The Kuki apex body also stated that the NSCN�IM led ''Kuki Genocide'' was in complete contravention of the preamble to the Constitution, the Article 21- Right to Life and personal liberty (a fundamental right ) and Article 31 Right to property (a constitutional right), along with the Article 38, Article 39A, Article 142, enshrined in the Constitution of India.
The failure on the part of the Union Government to recognize the ''Kuki Genocide'' is in complete violation of the UNO Convention on the prevention and punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which it had signed on the November 29, 1949.The injudicious approach and attitude of the Indian Government towards the killings of thousands of Kukis in the infamy ''Kuki Genocide'' of 1992-1997, is clearly reflected in the fact that more than two decades have passed since, but no one has ever been charged or indicted for this sordid crime against humanity, it stated.
Meanwhile, the Kangpokpi Youth Union under the aegis of Kangpokpi Town Committee (KTC) organised a candlelight service yesterday evening at Kangpokpi in connection with the 29th Sahnit Ni (Kuki Black Day) .
The candlelight service was held to pay tribute to the departed souls at Rotary Club waiting shed near Brig M Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi alongside National Highway 2 .
Survivors, victims' families, and relatives apart from KTC members led by its vice chairman Helmang Hangshing and KWWO leaders led by its president Hekim Hangshing also took part in the event.
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