India has strongly opposed with the UN experts’ comments on Manipur, calling them “unwarranted, presumptive, and misleading” and claiming that there is calm in the Northeast state.
The Indian mission emphasised in the note verbale it sent on Monday to the Special Procedures Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that the situation in Manipur was peaceful and stable and that the Indian government was committed to taking the necessary actions to keep it that way.
“The Government is also committed to protecting the human rights of the people of India, including the people of Manipur,” it said.
Permanent Mission of India completely rejects news release
Permanent Mission of India to UN Office and International Organizations in Geneva said, “The Permanent Mission of India completely rejects the news release as it is not only unwarranted, presumptive and misleading but also betrays a complete lack of understanding on the situation in Manipur and the steps taken by Government of India to address it. “
India responded when a delegation of UN specialists expressed concern about accusations of “serious human rights violations and abuses” in Manipur, including alleged sexual assault, extrajudicial executions, home destruction, forced relocation, torture, and mistreatment.
The Permanent Mission of India rejected the Special Procedure Mandate Holders’ (SPMH) news release titled “India: UN experts alarmed by continuing abuses in Manipur” and expressed disappointment and surprise that the SPMHs chose to do so before the Indian government had a chance to respond to a joint communication on the same subject that was released on August 29, 2023.
The Indian mission expressed hope that the SPMH will be “more objective” in their evaluation going forward, based on the information available.
Refrain from commenting on the developments
It wished that SPMH would “refrain from commenting on the developments, which have no relevance to the mandate given to them by the Council and abide by the established procedure for issuing news releases and wait for inputs sought from the Government of India before doing so.”
The Indian delegation emphasised that India is a democratic nation that is steadfastly committed to upholding the rule of law and advancing and defending the human rights of its citizens. “Indian law enforcement authorities and security forces are committed to dealing with law-and-order situations strictly in accordance with the principles of legal certainty, necessity, proportionality and non-discrimination,” it said.
The UN experts had stated in their news release that they were “appalled” by the stories and photographs of hundreds of women and girls of all ages who were being targeted by gender-based violence, who were primarily members of the Kuki ethnic group.
“The alleged violence includes gang rape, parading women naked in the street, severe beatings causing death, and burning them alive or dead,” the experts said.
The experts also noted a “inadequate humanitarian response” poor the wake of Manipur’s dire humanitarian condition during the most recent outbreak of ethnic warfare between the primarily Christian Kuki and predominantly Hindu Meitei ethnic communities, which broke out in May 2023.
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