Imphal
AGARTALA/IMPHAL - Rights groups in northeast India Friday urged the governments in the region to constitute Human Rights Commissions in each state and repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
IMPHAL - Manipur rights activist Irom Sharmila Tuesday completed 10 years of her hunger strike to protest alleged rights violations by security forces, but still refused to break the fast.
IMPHAL - In the first same-sex marriage in Manipur, a 25-year-old 'groom' married his companion of six years, a 28-year-old man, at a private function here Thursday.
IMPHAL - As part of their pressure on the central government, Manipur youth would send al least 15,000 postcards to President Pratibha Patil demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in the militancy-ravaged northeastern state, youth leaders said here Tuesday.
IMPHAL - Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, jailed since 2000 for resorting to a hunger strike against alleged rights violations by the security forces in Manipur, was once again arrested by police on charges of attempted suicide.
