The Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti (MASS) reiterates that the Oting massacre "is a reminder of the generational trauma that the people of the Northeast, including the Nagas, continue to be subjected to." #RepealAFSPA arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2021…
It said that the government of India must repeal the AFSPA immediately and without any prevarication and there should be an impartial inquiry conducted by a sitting judge. #RepealAFSPA
"The guilty army personnel must be tried for premeditated murder in a court of law. Their names and designations should be made public, and the Indian armed forces should dismiss them from service to face the law as common citizens." #RepealAFSPA
It reminded us, "The Justice KN Saikia Committee report on extrajudicial executions in Assam and the Justice Upendra Singh Committee report on the killing of Thangjam Manorama have not been acted upon and are yet to see the light of day." #RepealAFSPA
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The years 1955 and 1956. Women were not spared by the Indian state in subjugating the Nagas to accept the Indian union. This thread is gruesome but read it until the end for a glimpse of what the Nagas have endured #RepealAFSPA#ViolenceAgainstWomen
29 July 1956, Atophumi village, 60km from Mokokchung
"A mother who failed to escape eas killed and her one month old child was placed on her bosom to suck the dead mother's milk. One pregnant woman was beaten and kicked to death." #RepealAFSPA
"In the month of June 1956, 600 Indian Army went to burn Mangmetong village, 365 houses, and burnt down the whole village. Two girls age 17 and 19 years were caught and committed rape by the whole company." #RepealAFSPA