Youth’s Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) has expressed deep concern over the “lack of accountability” by the state to protect the right holders of the state from being terrorized by the vested interest armed groups who are involved in displacing the innocent citizens. In a press release, YFPHR said that it is deeply shocking to learn about the outbreak of recent violence at Litan of Ukhrul district which have displaced thousands of innocent civilians while their houses were burned down. The incident took place at the presence of the Central Armed Forces and the State armed forces and we consider it as a total lack of accountability and clear human rights violation of not being able to curb the violence right on time instead the violence was projected as a clash between the two communities being settled in Litan area, it said.
It said that there were several inter community clashes which have occurred in the state and not a single thorough investigation has covered to investigate the failure of the state mechanisms which are accountable to protect the rights of its citizens and as a result repeated violence are being witnessed since the 1990’s till today. This concern seriously draws the attention, and question arises whether the state mechanisms such as the Central Armed Forces and State Armed forces involved in designing the conflict being remoted from the higher level. The present scenario cannot rule out the fact of state designs conflict as large number of central security forces have been deployed in the name to curb the violence; however, the violence and the disturbance of coexistence have increased to the level that the villages are left unprotected by its people, it said. YFPHR informed the Government of India and its mechanisms to stop terrorizing the people of Manipur, stop militarization and learn to protect its citizens.
