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Editorial

The torch-bearers

IFP Bureau11 Mar 2024

Once the maternal instincts of the Meira Paibis are aroused, no one dare stop them. So, call them ‘biased’ or ‘violent vigilantes’ or anything you like. They will continue to carry the torch.

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Editorial

Pushing for AFSPA again

IFP Bureau29 Feb 2024

Whenever some violent incidents happen with the state failing in its responsibility to tackle or deal with situations, Kuki CSOs and leaders would turn up the volume for AFSPA in the valley of Manipur.

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Editorial

SoO and Assam Rifles

IFP Bureau15 Feb 2024

The SoO agreement was first signed between the central government and the Kuki militant outfits brought under two umbrella organisations and it was only later on that the state government was brought into the picture and hence, the tripartite agreement. So, the defence lobby would not bog down so easily to any kind of effort to abrogate it.

Editorial

Hold your horses

IFP Bureau15 Dec 2023

Manipur had become the main transit point for opium and drugs to the rest of the country and the world with the blessings of the narco-terrorists beyond. That is why, thousands of our youth are leaving home to guard villages and Meira Paibis keeping night vigil.

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Editorial

How we remember Nupi Lal

IFP Bureau12 Dec 2023

On the occasion of Nupi Lal Numit, we celebrate the courage of those women who stood steadfast against the British. But, never did we ask where all the men had gone when the women were faced with the bayonets of soldiers under British command nor did anyone care to ask why the men-folk was not in the forefront of anti-colonial movements.

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Editorial

Nobody wants AFSPA except…

IFP Bureau4 Oct 2023

Years of experience tell us that under the shadow of AFSPA, the armed forces operate with impunity and get away with torture, rapes, killings and fake encounters while prosecution is a mirage.

Manipur

‘Withdraw AFSPA from Naga areas’

NNN/Senapati1 Oct 2023

The United Naga Council (UNC) said the exemption of areas under 19 police stations in Imphal valley “which is gripped by violence and lawlessness since May 3, 2023, in sharp contrast to the AFSPA coverage in the peaceful Naga areas in Manipur is highly questionable”.

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Editorial

Comparing notes on AFSPA

IFP Bureau14 Sept 2023

Years of experience tell us that under the shadow of AFSPA, the armed forces operate with impunity and get away with torture, rapes, killings and fake encounters while prosecution is a mirage.

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Editorial

AFSPA in discourse

IFP Bureau12 Jul 2023

Partial removal of AFSPA from the valley region of Manipur is discriminatory in a sense and one has to analyse the internal dynamics of the states while formulating policies and taking decisions.

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