Human rights award
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 13 2015 :
The Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and Maruti Suzuki Workers Union have been conferred the Mukul Sinha Human Rights Award.
The award was announced yesterday at the Convention for Reclaiming Democracy held at Ahmedabad, Gujarat under the aegis of Jan Sangharsh Manch and Gujarat Federation of Trade Unions in commemoration of the first death anniversary of human rights activist Advocate Mukul Sinha.
Ningthoujam Edina received the award on behalf of EEVFAM.
Edina and Human Rights Alert Director Babloo Loitongbam who went to Ahmedabad together were felicitated today at their Kwakeithel office.
Edina said that late Mukul Sinha always supported EEVFAM's struggle for justice.
On account of the statements given by Mukul Sinha before the Commission constituted at the behest of the Supreme Court, a path was opened for proper investigation into several cases of fake encounters and extra-judicial executions, Edina added.
Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union has been fighting for the rights of workers in the wake of the entry of several multi-National companies into the country.
The union was closely associated with Mukul Sinha when he was alive.