New Delhi
\nIn what Amnesty International has described as a means \u201cto inflict lasting physical and psychological damage on women and girls during ethnic violence\u201d, a video has surfaced showing two Christian women belonging to the Kuki tribe paraded naked by a mob of Hindu majority Meitei tribe in Manipur state of India.
\nThe atrocious incident of the two women being disrobed and paraded naked on the village road came into focus, last day, after a video surfaced on the internet.
\nThe incident shows, an Indian web portal reported, how less we know about the extent and the scale of the conflict in Manipur that claimed over 150 lives so far. People who were eyewitness to the incident express that \u2018the state nor the central government have the intent or the skills to handle the situation\u2019 and \u2018you tend to lose hope\u2026\u2019
\n\u201cWhen we resisted, they told me: \u2018If you don\u2019t take off your clothes, we will kill you\u2019,\u201d a survivor, who is in her mid forties told Scroll. Then as obeyed them to \u201cprotect herself\u201d, the men slapped and punched her.
\nThe woman from the Christian (Kuki) community said assault took place near her village, B Phainom, in Kangpokpi district on May 4, a day after clashes erupted between the two ethnic groups.
\nSpeaking on the horrific incident, the survivor said after hearing about Meitei mobs \u201cburning homes\u201d in a nearby village, her family and others fled through a dirt lane but were discovered. A neighbor and his son were killed nearby, and the mob assaulted the women, forcing them to strip.
\nShe added that the men dragged to a paddy field near the road and asked her to \u201clie down\u201d there. \u201cI did as they told me, and three men surrounded me\u2026 One of them told the other, \u2018let\u2019s rape her\u2019, but she was \u2018lucky enough to escape\u2019.
\nThe incident prompted Amnesty International to express \u2018shock\u2019 saying \u201ca video emerging out of Manipur showing a mob of Meitei men assaulting and parading two tribal Kuki women naked to gang-rape them is a shocking reminder of the scale and severity of the ongoing impunity in the state\u201d.
\n\u201cRape and sexual violence have been used to inflict lasting physical and psychological damage on women and girls during ethnic violence. This brutal treatment is aimed at degrading and dehumanizing the tribal Kuki community,\u201d the Amnesty said.
\n\u201cAll allegations of sexual violence must be effectively, independently, and impartially investigated to ensure survivors receive justice and reparation. In addition, Amnesty International reiterated that Indian authorities must immediately restore internet access in Manipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi In what Amnesty International has described as a means \u201cto inflict lasting physical and psychological damage on women and girls during ethnic violence\u201d, a video has surfaced showing two Christian women belonging to the Kuki tribe paraded naked by a mob of Hindu majority Meitei tribe in Manipur state of India. The atrocious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-344395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n