India scheming to wipe out indigenes: CorCom
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 09 2021:
On the eve of 73rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on December 10,1948, and observed as International Human Rights Day, the proscribed Coordination Committee (CorCom) has extended revolutionary honour and greeting to all the people.
'All Human, All Equal' is the theme of this year's observance and the coming of December 10 reminds the people of Manipur (Kangleipak) about the need to take a collective decision to come out of the suppressive Indian regime which prevents them to live with equality, said a CorCom statement issued on the occasion by its publicity committee.
Though existed as a powerful independent nation and shined brightly in WESEA region, Manipur (Kangleipak) is today a colonised land and society.
From the year 1947 to 1949, Kangleipak existed as an independent democratic country but it was forcibly annexed by India in 1949.Bringing an end to independent status of Manipur indeed was open violation Of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) or the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR), 1948.Article 1 of the UNDHR says, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights".
The present condition of Manipur (Kangleipak) clearly shows that the people of Manipur are living without fulfilling UNDHR thought and this year's International Human Rights Day theme, the CorCom statement said.
Though all the communities lived together with the spirit of independent Manipur in the past, unity and integrity of the land is now being breaking apart ever since India forcibly occupied the land.
Nevertheless, indigenous communities of Manipur (Kangleipak) are still able to overcome community-based conflict despite repeated balkanisation attempts, the CorCom statement said, adding that the theme of this year's International Human Rights Day based on 'equality' thought revives the hope of Right of Self-Determination (RSD) of the suppressed indigenous people.
The theme reminds of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targeted to be achieved by 2030 which also includes the 'Leaving no one behind: equality and non-discrimination' decision.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous.
Peoples (UN-DRIP), 2007 clearly mentioned protection of indigenous peoples but India while terming all its people as indigenous has been continuously sending its people (Mayang) to WESEA region to wipe out indigenous people of the region.
Apart from this, India is still reluctant to recognise 'indigenous' in its own Constitution despite being a signatory to UNDRIP, the CorCom statement added.
One unethical act of India has been its attempt to portray the movement being initiated for restoration of sovereign status of Manipur (Kangleipak) as terrorist to the global people.
The United Nations Charter as well as International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 1966 clearly mention that RSD is 'Right of all peoples'.
Article 1 of ICCPR also says that "All people have the Right to Self Determination.
By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development" thereby giving the right to freedom to all suppressed people of the world.
India ratified ICCPR which support RSD on April 10, 1979 but India has been trying to show to the global people that freedom movement in WESEA and Manipur (Kangleipak) as law-and-order problem of the country while dividing RSD as Internal and External Self-determination.
The CorCom statement further said that Manipur-India conflict have taken lives of thousands of people and India's apex court the Supreme Court is still unable to deliver justice to 1528 innocent civilians killed by Indian forces in fake encounters.
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