IMPHAL, Dec 11: The aggrieved family members of the victims of extrajudicial killings poured out their heartfelt anguish and grievances before the independent people’s tribunal on torture, extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances which began today at the conference hall of the Retreat House, Mantripukhri.
The three days tribunal is being organized by Human Rights Law Network, HRLN, Manipur, in association with other human rights organizations like Extrajudicial Executions Victims’ Families Association, Manipur, Human Rights Alert, Human Rights Initiative, All Manipur NGOs Forum, Eastern Rural Development Centre, Kanglei Young Women’s Social Cultural organization and New Vision Manipur.
A panel of legal experts, namely justice KK Usha, former chief justice of Kerala High Court, justice DK Basu, former judge of Calcutta High Court, justice Moloy Sen Gupta, former acting chief justice of Sikkim, C. Upendra, retd. district and session judge of Manipur, Lisham Rabindra, retd. district and session judge of Manipur, and Yambem Laba, former member of Manipur Human Rights Commission, along with other human rights activists will arbitrate.
Meihoubam Rakesh, director HRLN, expressed deep concern over frequent occurrence of fake encounters eliminations in the state which has claimed about 350 lives during this year alone and added that this tribunal is a platform where the aggrieved family members of the victims can share their grievances with legal experts freely and openly.
One elderly woman, who is the mother of a victim of extrajudicial killing sobbed bitterly before the tribunal adn expressed her burning desire to take revenge upon the killers of his son.
She cried out that she only wants to take revenge upon those commando personnel who had killed her lone son so inhumanely.
Kh. Subadani, the widow of (late) Khamnam Shantanu, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter at Naharup, said in distress that the inhuman security personnel have not only taken her husband’s life but also made the lives of her children miserable.
She further added that her family has not received any sort of help from the government and the futures of her children are totally blurred without the husband who was the backbone of the family.
Laishram Prema, wife of (late) Surjit, who was killed by combined forces at Moreh, strongly condemned the selfish motive of security personnel who can easily destroy someone’s life for a mere sum of money.
She said that her husband was killed only for the reason that he possessed some amount of money for business purposes and added this heinous act of the security personnel has adversely impacted upon her kids whose futures have dimmed.
Many others from the victims’ families expressed discontent over the present administration which has led to such widespread atrocities in the state and made a clarion call to everyone to do everything to stop the inhumanity of extrajudicial executions and tortures which have totally marred the tranquility of the state.
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