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Political parties in Manipur file FIRs against PUCL over controversial report https://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/political-parties-in-manipur-file-firs-against-pucl-over-controversial-report.html August 28, 2025  The Manipur People’s Party (MPP), one of the oldest regional parties, filed an FIR at the Imphal police station on Wednesday against the Delhi-based PUCL.

The Manipur state unit of the Republican Party of India (Athawale) also filed an FIR alleging that the report hinders peace efforts and may incite communal tension by falsely portraying the Meiteis as the aggressors.

Additionally, the Communist Party of India (CPI), Manipur State Council, condemned the report as biased and stated that it would also lodge an FIR soon.

 https://m.nenow.in/article/manipur/political-parties-in-manipur-file-firs-against-pucl-over-controversial-report/453219/amp  

@Bimol_Akoijam The reasons why PUCL must withdraw its report on the Manipur crisis.   https://x.com/Bimol_Akoijam/status/1960349685035803012 

KNO Leader Questions Manipur MP’s Stand on PUCL Report https://powercorridors.in/kno-leader-questions-manipur-mps-stand-on-pucl-report/  
KNO Spokesperson Seilen Haokip says Prof. Bimol Akoijam’s dismissal of the PUCL report ignores hard facts on Manipur’s violence and echoes militant rhetorics. 

KNO is an umbrella body of several Kuki armed groups in Manipur. Its constituent groups are currently under the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement with the Government of India , which is a ceasefire arrangement aimed at political dialogue.

"Truth Will Set Us Free": Kuki Students' Body Condemns FIR Threats Over PUCL Report  https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/truth-will-set-us-free-kuki-students-organisation-kso-condemns-fir-threats-over-pucl-report-on-manipur-violence-9177438
The Kuki Students Organisation (KSO) said it is not surprised with the "wave of counter-statements, legal threats, and FIRs [first information reports] being lodged against credible independent organisations... this time targeting the PUCL" 

https://thewire.in/rights/father-stan-swamy-bhima-koregaon-elgar-parishad-resistance-prisoners 

On the fourth anniversary of Father Stan's death due to alleged medical negligence in prison, his co-defendants in jail have vowed to lead a hunger strike.

The fourth anniversary of Father Stan’s martyrdom is significant to keep alive the memory of how this repressive state targeted an octogenarian Jesuit priest. It twice conducted raids and searches at his residence-cum-research-and-resource centre in Ranchi, called Bagaicha. He was then named in trumped up cases, culminating in his arrest in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case. Finally, he was put in confinement in a faraway place like Taloja Central Prison in Maharashtra where despite his ill health and growing ailments was deliberately kept away from timely medical care so that his body finally gave away during the peak of the pandemic.

by Hany Babu, Jyoti Jagtap, Mahesh Raut, Ramesh Murlidhar Gaichor, Sagar Gorkhe and Surendra Gadling

04/07/2025