Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 07:
Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) stated categorically that the allegation of repeated offences of sexual abuse amounting to rape of 21 young Hmar girls by cadres of an underground organisation' from Nov last year till Feb 2006 in Thanlon and Tipaimukh sub-divisions of Churachandpur district, if true, constitutes a war crime, and therefore a crime against human society and humanity as a whole.
The allegation of rape of minor and young adult women belonging to ethnic minority communities in Churchandpur district needs not just an outright condemnation but also a strong demand for official and formal clarification from the highest levels of command of the non-State group against whom the allegations have been made, said a Core statement.




