Exclusive: Women’s panel ignored Manipur sexual violence complaint for month

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) did not act upon the complaint filed on June 12 on behalf of women who were paraded naked in Manipur...

There was fresh tension after the May 4 video surfaced on July 19, showing two women from the Kuki community being paraded naked by a group of men..

India Today accessed the complaint filed on behalf of women from one of the warring communities who were paraded naked by a group of men from the other camp...

Specifically, we make an urgent appeal to NCW to address and condemn sexual violence against Kuki-Zomi tribal women by Meitei vigilantes in the Manipur conflict," the complaint read...

More than 150 people have lost their lives and several injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status..

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