PREPAK welcomes proposed visit of UN Rapporteur
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, April 24 2013: While welcoming the proposed visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo to Imphal on April 28, the proscribed People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) has expressed hope that the UN Special Rapporteur would gather information about the past as well as the present situation in Manipuri society where various form of violence against women have taken place and help in doing the needful to end such violence.

In a statement issued by its Assistant Secretary, Publicity and Propaganda Leibakngakpa Luwang, PREPAK contended that gender discrimination in Manipur has prevailed only after inclusion of Manipur into the Indian Union.

The India government and its racial policies and laws encourage violence against women.

In fact, India ranked fourth in the list of World's most dangerous countries for women, according to the Thomson Reuters Trust Law Women Report, 2011.Any female from the age of 4 years does not feel safe while walking alone on the roads even in broad daylight.

The statement further pointed out that according to National Crime Record Bureau, only 16,000 rapists have been held guilty out of 68,000 recorded rape cases from 2009 to 2011 in the country.

Such slow rate of conviction and justice system indirectly encourage violence against women.

Even though India has signed the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), incident of violence against women is increasing day by day.

The main reason behind the failure of the India government to stop such violence is because of its racist administration and policies.

The newly passed Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013 has nothing to ensure justice to victims of army atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir and North Eastern State.

Instead of curbing the menace of rape in the capital city, the Delhi police strangely alleged the North East students of wearing provocative dresses.

Even though the Supreme Court has issued directives for setting up fast track courts to handle rape cases and provide justice within two or three months, no courts in the country have followed the guidelines of the apex court.

In most cases, it takes about 20 years for a court to provide justice to a rape victim which in turn encourage violence against women.

While the government is discussing enactment of Anti-Rape Law, rape of minors including 5 years old girl and foreign tourists by local people are happening almost every day in New Delhi, thus earning the nick name of Gang Rape City, the statement observed.

Besides, Delhi police refuses to register FIR over such rape cases.

There are thousands of such incidents which do not reach the police station as people of the country have lost their trust on the police.

So, the dream of a society where everyone enjoys equal rights and dignity irrespective of gender, caste or creed, would not be possible under the racist government of India, the statement added.

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