Crackdown on peaceful protestors condemned
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 18 2023:
Local meira paibi members under the aegis of Thawai Mirel organised a sit-in protest at Kakwa Naorem Leikai Nongpok Pjtnthoibi Shanglen on Tuesday denouncing the use of brutal force by RAF and state security forces on a group of peaceful demonstrators.
The sit-in protest decried the inhumane crackdown by the security forces against the peaceful protestors at Singjamei Chingamakhong in which five women were injured.
The injured women, namely, Sapam Sarju, Naorem Arina, Takhellam-ham Sandhyarani, Naorem Ibembi and Khwairakpam Abem were also present at the protest.
They said that the protest was peaceful and there was no reason for using force.