Longjam Surjit: Shot dead looking for a horse 1. VICTIM: Longjam Surjit, 18 INCIDENT: Extrajudicial killing ALLEGED PERPETRATORS: 22 Maratha Light Infantry personnel DATE: 31 August 2006 PLACE: Samurou, Imphal […]

Laishramcha Jinine, Program Executive, Human Rights Alert, Manipur, India People throughout Manipur live in fear of the sound of three to four olive green jeeps or vans roaring through a […]

Dr Naorem Sanajaoba, Professor and Dean of Law Faculty, Gauhati University, Asom, India Extrajudicial executions and other naked human rights violations have been a fact of life in the northeastern […]

Khangembam Chonjohn, Former Member, Manipur Human Rights Commission & Former General Secretary, Civil Liberties & Human Rights Organization, Manipur, India Amid the clash of arms, laws are not silent. They […]

Jiten Yumnam & Phulindro Konsam, Committee on Human Rights, Manipur, India Manipur, which is situated on the border of Burma in India’s northeast, has witnessed low-intensity armed conflict ever since […]

N Boinao, Priyokumar, Brojen Toigam & Oinam Hemanta: “It was horrible to see young men treated this way” 1. VICTIMS: 1. N Boinao, 21, son of N Amuchou 2. Priyokumar, […]

18. The Committee remains concerned at the continuing reliance on special powers under legislation such as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the Public Safety Act and the National Security […]