Episode 4 : Ema Mutum Ibemhal
Manipur mothers vow to continue fight till AFSPA is withdrawn Source: Mint/PTI 9 Mar 2017, 01:56 PM IST PTI The 'Mothers of Manipur' say their protest 13 years ago had not borne fruit and so they would continue to fight till AFSPA is completely withdrawn from the state Imphal: Thirteen years after their naked protest here against the alleged rape of a 32-year-old woman by Assam Rifles troops, the “Mothers of Manipur" want their fight to go on till the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act ( AFSPA) is scrapped. It was on 15 July 2004 when the 12 elderly women staged the naked protest outside the historic Kangla Fort, then a camp of the Assam Rifles, holding placards that read “Come Indian Army Rape Us", which had shaken the conscience of the entire nation. The women, fondly called “Mothers of Manipur", now say their protest 13 years ago had not borne fruit and so they would continue to fight till AFSPA is completely withdrawn from the state. “We all
