Tuithraphai, Jul 20 : The Hmar Students' Association (HSA) today said that the association was disturbed over the recent press release by the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) that appeared in The Sangai Express on July 16, 2007 edition in which the "outfit continues to deny the involvement of any of its cadres in the Tipaimukh mass rape and molestation of 27 Hmar women and minors in January 2006".HSA advised that it was immature on the part of the organization to shed its credibility and defend the serious crime of its undisciplined cadres.
The statement issued by Lalthlamuana Hmar, general secretary of the HSA, General Headquarters said that the Hmar students body is also dismayed by "the UNLF's immature proposal to rope in the International Committee of Red Cross Society to independently probe the case as if the matter cannot be handled by Human Rights agencies in India", adding that, "As a responsible organization, the UNLF should be aware that ICRCS or any other International Human Rights agencies, leaving aside the United Nations (UN) agencies, hardly intervene on behalf of non-state actors where a democratically elected Government is in place and that Government is recognized by the UN and the World Nations.
Sad to say, the UNLF have been wrongly ill-advised by its frontal Human Rights organizations.
If the need be, the HSA is aware of more effective international organizations to investigate not only on the serious crime of rape, but also on torture, force labour, landmines, and forced displacement".
Hmar Students Association apart from demanding that findings of the State Govt instituted Rajkhowa Judicial Enquiry Commission in March 2006 on the mass rape of Hmar women folk be made public also alleged a human rights organisation (Human Rights alert) of not only attempting to keep the truth under wrap but is also siding with the perpetrators of the criminal act.
HSA also referred to comments of National Commission of Women and independent report of the NPMHR to substantiate its contention that unseen hands are at work to ensure the inhumane action of the armed UNLF and KCP activists do not get publicised.
The HSA also considers any attempt to move the crime scene as a deliberate attempt to hoodwink justice and infringe on the rights of the indigenous tribals in Manipur.
The HSA will vehemently oppose any such moves that would cause further indignity, physical and psychological injuries to the violated women, it added.
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The statement issued by Lalthlamuana Hmar, general secretary of the HSA, General Headquarters said that the Hmar students body is also dismayed by "the UNLF's immature proposal to rope in the International Committee of Red Cross Society to independently probe the case as if the matter cannot be handled by Human Rights agencies in India", adding that, "As a responsible organization, the UNLF should be aware that ICRCS or any other International Human Rights agencies, leaving aside the United Nations (UN) agencies, hardly intervene on behalf of non-state actors where a democratically elected Government is in place and that Government is recognized by the UN and the World Nations.
Sad to say, the UNLF have been wrongly ill-advised by its frontal Human Rights organizations.
If the need be, the HSA is aware of more effective international organizations to investigate not only on the serious crime of rape, but also on torture, force labour, landmines, and forced displacement".
Hmar Students Association apart from demanding that findings of the State Govt instituted Rajkhowa Judicial Enquiry Commission in March 2006 on the mass rape of Hmar women folk be made public also alleged a human rights organisation (Human Rights alert) of not only attempting to keep the truth under wrap but is also siding with the perpetrators of the criminal act.
HSA also referred to comments of National Commission of Women and independent report of the NPMHR to substantiate its contention that unseen hands are at work to ensure the inhumane action of the armed UNLF and KCP activists do not get publicised.
The HSA also considers any attempt to move the crime scene as a deliberate attempt to hoodwink justice and infringe on the rights of the indigenous tribals in Manipur.
The HSA will vehemently oppose any such moves that would cause further indignity, physical and psychological injuries to the violated women, it added.
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