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Manipur Update
- Published by Irengbam Arun
- on behalf of the Human Rights Alert
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- Editor :
- Babloo Loitongbam
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Hard
Copy printed at concessionary rates by M/S
Lamyanba Printers, Konung Lampak, Imphal 795001
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- Manipur Update
- Volume I Issue II, January 2000
- Feature
Feature of the January Issue
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In 1904, when the British Political Agent ordered all adult males of Imphal
to rebuild his bungalow which was burnt down by some unidentified persons,
the market women mounted a protest against the imposition. Later, the
government had to withdraw its order. The uprising is known as the first
Nupilal (Women's War).
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Generally women are advised not to take their meal before the husband. She
has to wait even if he comes late at night. It is for the husband to first
eat his fill, and the women must be satisfied with the remaining food.
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In the prolonged armed conflict, women and
children have been especially vulnerable to state repression. Besides
exposing them to the ravages of internal armed conflict, they have
been subjected to physical and mental torture, degrading treatment,
sexual abuse, arbitrary detention, harassment and extrajudicial
killings.
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In Manipur, the victims of rape range from a 3-year old child to even
a 70 year old woman. The types of rape include date rape, statutory
rape and gang rape. In most of the cases, it is a single rapist and
that too mostly persons known to the victim. For fear of social
ostracism, most of the rape cases are not reported.
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