Five men have been arrested for publicly assaulting two women from the minority Kuki community in the northeastern state of Manipur. The incident has provoked outrage across the nation where the women were stripped naked and paraded in the streets. The region has seen ethnic tensions and violence since May. Al Jazeera’s Um-e-Kulsoom Shariff has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #India #Manipur #IndiaEthnicRiots #ManipurViolence #ManipurAssault #ManipurClashes #AlJazeeraEnglish #Meiteis #Kuki #Imphal #sexualassault
In India’s Manipur state, the Kuki ethnic minority and Meitei majority are preparing for more outbreaks of violence. Tensions rose in May after a court recommended the Meiteis be granted preferential status. Since then, at least 115 people have been killed in fighting and more than 40,000 forced from their homes. Al Jazeera’s Fintan Monaghan reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #India #Manipur #IndiaEthnicRiots #ManipurViolence #ManipurClashes #AlJazeeraEnglish #Meiteis #Kuki
At least nine people have been killed in the latest clashes between members of rival ethnic groups in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, police said, as security forces pressed on with a hunt for illegal weapons. Violence between members of the Kuki ethnic group, who mostly live in the hills, and Meiteis, the dominant community in the lowlands, erupted on May 3, sparked by resentment over economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education reserved for hill people. Al Jazeera’s Raheela Mahomed reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #India […]