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Chapter16
Manipur
I. Overview
The unusual form of protest by some members of Meira Paibis,
women organisations, who stripped in front of the Kangla
Fort, then headquarters of the Assam Rifles, on 15 July 2004
and an equally unprecedented civil disobedience movement in
Manipur in July and August 2004 put the spotlight on the human
rights violations in Manipur. The alleged extrajudicial execution of
Thangjam Manorama Devi on the night of 11 July 2004 by the
Assam Rifles personnel sparked the protests demanding justice and