- Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights
Kohima, 19th July 2015.
The incident at Wuzu village where two young Naga students, viz., Tuzali, 14 years, and Aso, 13 years, were killed and another young woman, Vitsurho, 24 years, was injured from the indiscriminate firing of Assam Rifles personnel under the command of Major Surinder Singh, is gruesome, inhuman, contemptible and calls for the intervention of the United Nations in the light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The NPMHR forthrightly condemn this coldblooded gruesome murder of innocent students and condemn in equal degree the inhuman and anti-life “colonial” policy of the Government of India.
These murders are no accident but pre-mediated and duly sanctioned by the Provisions of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act that is duly enacted by the people of India through their Parliament. It is yet another grim reminder of what happened many years back in 1979 at Bible Hill, Phek Town, where two school children, Chikhoyi, 15 years, and Nuhutso, 14 years, were mercilessly beaten and tortured by personnel of the 14th Assam Rifles, for speaking to them in English as these children did not know Hindi. It also reminds us of the “Matikhru Massacre” where the entire male population of Matikhru Village, also not far from Phor and Wuzu villages, were herded together in concentration camp, tortured and beheaded by the Indian Army. The list of such massacres and abuse of human rights goes on and on….
The NPMHR also condemns the cruel act of the AR personnel who shunned all humanly decent regard for the dead by transporting the slain “Nagas” as “hunted games”.
While people are grieving over the terror let loose by the personnel of the AR, to the shock of the Naga people, the Indian News Media went hysterical and with excitement continued to announce 24X7 that Indian Soldiers killed 7 terrorist and 2 civilians in Nagaland. On one hand, the Indian media acted without any sense of responsibility or accountability and had not even bothered to check the authenticity of the news source much to the dismay of the Naga people and to their discredit. On the other hand, the top brass of the Assam Rifles continue to claim that the two students were killed by NSCN (K) Cadres who, it has been learnt, were nowhere in the vicinity at that point in time. We state this with full proof after visiting the villages where the incident took place and saw and heard with our own eyes and ears from first hand accounts. We invite the Indian media to come and see and truthfully state who are the real “terrorists” – the Indian security forces in the persons of the Assam Rifles personnel or the young Naga teenage students as is in this case.
Furthermore, the NPMHR affirm that “recruiting child soldier” is a very serious offence and violation of children’s human rights and also not at all acceptable by the international community including the Nagas. It is only just and in our interest that we respect and uphold the human rights of all fellow human beings with whom we share equal dignity, and strive for a world where all of us can settle our differences through reasoning and reasons.
The NPMHR stands convinced that the extension or renewal of imposition of the DAA and AFSPA in the Naga homeland is a glaring reminder for the Nagas and the world that India, having invaded and occupied the Naga nation and its territory, it adopted for itself to control with brute force and stifle the voice of the Nagas who continue to resist the invasion, occupation and militarization of their Nation.
Source: Nagaland Post
Kohima, 19th July 2015.
The incident at Wuzu village where two young Naga students, viz., Tuzali, 14 years, and Aso, 13 years, were killed and another young woman, Vitsurho, 24 years, was injured from the indiscriminate firing of Assam Rifles personnel under the command of Major Surinder Singh, is gruesome, inhuman, contemptible and calls for the intervention of the United Nations in the light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The NPMHR forthrightly condemn this coldblooded gruesome murder of innocent students and condemn in equal degree the inhuman and anti-life “colonial” policy of the Government of India.
These murders are no accident but pre-mediated and duly sanctioned by the Provisions of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act that is duly enacted by the people of India through their Parliament. It is yet another grim reminder of what happened many years back in 1979 at Bible Hill, Phek Town, where two school children, Chikhoyi, 15 years, and Nuhutso, 14 years, were mercilessly beaten and tortured by personnel of the 14th Assam Rifles, for speaking to them in English as these children did not know Hindi. It also reminds us of the “Matikhru Massacre” where the entire male population of Matikhru Village, also not far from Phor and Wuzu villages, were herded together in concentration camp, tortured and beheaded by the Indian Army. The list of such massacres and abuse of human rights goes on and on….
The NPMHR also condemns the cruel act of the AR personnel who shunned all humanly decent regard for the dead by transporting the slain “Nagas” as “hunted games”.
While people are grieving over the terror let loose by the personnel of the AR, to the shock of the Naga people, the Indian News Media went hysterical and with excitement continued to announce 24X7 that Indian Soldiers killed 7 terrorist and 2 civilians in Nagaland. On one hand, the Indian media acted without any sense of responsibility or accountability and had not even bothered to check the authenticity of the news source much to the dismay of the Naga people and to their discredit. On the other hand, the top brass of the Assam Rifles continue to claim that the two students were killed by NSCN (K) Cadres who, it has been learnt, were nowhere in the vicinity at that point in time. We state this with full proof after visiting the villages where the incident took place and saw and heard with our own eyes and ears from first hand accounts. We invite the Indian media to come and see and truthfully state who are the real “terrorists” – the Indian security forces in the persons of the Assam Rifles personnel or the young Naga teenage students as is in this case.
Furthermore, the NPMHR affirm that “recruiting child soldier” is a very serious offence and violation of children’s human rights and also not at all acceptable by the international community including the Nagas. It is only just and in our interest that we respect and uphold the human rights of all fellow human beings with whom we share equal dignity, and strive for a world where all of us can settle our differences through reasoning and reasons.
The NPMHR stands convinced that the extension or renewal of imposition of the DAA and AFSPA in the Naga homeland is a glaring reminder for the Nagas and the world that India, having invaded and occupied the Naga nation and its territory, it adopted for itself to control with brute force and stifle the voice of the Nagas who continue to resist the invasion, occupation and militarization of their Nation.
Source: Nagaland Post
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