New Delhi, 16 May 2016:
Dear brothers and sisters,
Many of us live most parts of our lives as witness to history from the sidelines. It is not every time that we get to be a part of history-making or decide our future. We are all aware that the long history of discrimination of the hill tribes in Manipur by successive governments has reached unacceptable proportions. In both covert and overt manipulations, the state has been making numerous attempts to marginalize us, trample on our rights and take away our lands. Last year, we lost 9 of our brothers in defending our rights and land.
We have lost countless nights of sleep, time and energy since then trying to protect our rights and demand a political solution. The struggles before August 31st 2015 by different tribal groups is also well known.
In a blatant show of disrespect to our 9 martyrs and disdain towards our tribal rights movement, an All Party delegation from Manipur will be camping in New Delhi this coming week to pressurize the government to get President’s assent for the 3 Bills. Such insensitivity and disregard for tribal rights and concerns only expose the communal and anti-tribal designs of the Manipur government. We must register our disapproval in the loudest possible manner this coming Tuesday. Let us come out in huge numbers to protest against the injustices done to us, and also against the continuing attempts to override tribal interests in the state.
This is our chance to decide our future, this is our time to say we will tolerate no more. We will not let our rights be trampled upon like in the past. This is our call to protect what is rightfully ours. This is our opportunity to secure our land rights for our future generations.
#TribalVoicesAgainstManipurGovernment
#TribalRights
#IdleNoMore
#WeNeedYourPresence
#WeNeedEachOfUS
COME AND LEND YOUR SUPPORT THIS TUESDAY(17.05.2016)
Venue: Jantar Mantar
Time: 2 pm onwards
For updates, see MTFD Facebook group.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Many of us live most parts of our lives as witness to history from the sidelines. It is not every time that we get to be a part of history-making or decide our future. We are all aware that the long history of discrimination of the hill tribes in Manipur by successive governments has reached unacceptable proportions. In both covert and overt manipulations, the state has been making numerous attempts to marginalize us, trample on our rights and take away our lands. Last year, we lost 9 of our brothers in defending our rights and land.
We have lost countless nights of sleep, time and energy since then trying to protect our rights and demand a political solution. The struggles before August 31st 2015 by different tribal groups is also well known.
In a blatant show of disrespect to our 9 martyrs and disdain towards our tribal rights movement, an All Party delegation from Manipur will be camping in New Delhi this coming week to pressurize the government to get President’s assent for the 3 Bills. Such insensitivity and disregard for tribal rights and concerns only expose the communal and anti-tribal designs of the Manipur government. We must register our disapproval in the loudest possible manner this coming Tuesday. Let us come out in huge numbers to protest against the injustices done to us, and also against the continuing attempts to override tribal interests in the state.
This is our chance to decide our future, this is our time to say we will tolerate no more. We will not let our rights be trampled upon like in the past. This is our call to protect what is rightfully ours. This is our opportunity to secure our land rights for our future generations.
#TribalVoicesAgainstManipurGovernment
#TribalRights
#IdleNoMore
#WeNeedYourPresence
#WeNeedEachOfUS
COME AND LEND YOUR SUPPORT THIS TUESDAY(17.05.2016)
Venue: Jantar Mantar
Time: 2 pm onwards
For updates, see MTFD Facebook group.
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