NSF asks Govt to abrogate SoO, condemns KZC statement
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Newmai News Network
KOHIMA, Jun 28: The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) has demanded the Government of India to "immediately" abrogate the Suspension of Operation (SoO), "under which countless atrocities and gross human rights violations have been committed with impunity by armed Kuki narco-militants".
The NSF said this today while outrightly rejecting Kuki-Zo Council's recent admission about the brutal killing of six Naga civilians.
Far from advancing accountability, the Kuki-Zo Council statement was a blatant attempt to divert attention from the fundamental issue, the cold-blooded abduction, torture and murder of six innocent Naga civilians whose families continue to await justice, said the NSF.
The NSF said it was deeply disturbed by the "divisive and derogatory terminology" used to loosely project the Naga people as "Kacha Naga".
The NSF said it is outrageous that organizations representing the Kuki-Zo community should seek to classify or redefine the identity of the indigenous Naga populace.
The NSF said "the use of the term 'Kacha Naga' exposes the irony of those whose historical presence and settlement in the Naga homeland barely a century ago during the British colonial period, who were brought in as porters and coolies for administrative and logistical purposes only, now presuming to classify and redefine the identity of the indigenous Naga people."
The NSF said it was a deliberate attempt to "compartmentalize the Nagas into Southern, Northern, Eastern or Western Nagas."
The 'Naga Nation' has existed long before present imposed boundaries and it shall continue to exist beyond them, said the NSF cautioning organizations against "becoming instruments of agendas that seek to weaken the Naga identity and "National movement" by sowing seeds of discord and falsehood."
"The issue before us is neither political propaganda nor competing narratives. It is the brutal loss of six innocent Naga civilian lives. No carefully worded statement, however crafted, can substitute for justice. No expression of regret can erase the horrifying reality of abduction, torture, murder and the inhuman desecration of the victims' bodies. Attempts to rationalize, dilute or justify these atrocities have only deepened the wounds of the bereaved families and the Naga people", said the NSF.
KOHIMA, Jun 28: The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) has demanded the Government of India to "immediately" abrogate the Suspension of Operation (SoO), "under which countless atrocities and gross human rights violations have been committed with impunity by armed Kuki narco-militants".
The NSF said this today while outrightly rejecting Kuki-Zo Council's recent admission about the brutal killing of six Naga civilians.
Far from advancing accountability, the Kuki-Zo Council statement was a blatant attempt to divert attention from the fundamental issue, the cold-blooded abduction, torture and murder of six innocent Naga civilians whose families continue to await justice, said the NSF.
The NSF said it was deeply disturbed by the "divisive and derogatory terminology" used to loosely project the Naga people as "Kacha Naga".
The NSF said it is outrageous that organizations representing the Kuki-Zo community should seek to classify or redefine the identity of the indigenous Naga populace.
The NSF said "the use of the term 'Kacha Naga' exposes the irony of those whose historical presence and settlement in the Naga homeland barely a century ago during the British colonial period, who were brought in as porters and coolies for administrative and logistical purposes only, now presuming to classify and redefine the identity of the indigenous Naga people."
The NSF said it was a deliberate attempt to "compartmentalize the Nagas into Southern, Northern, Eastern or Western Nagas."
The 'Naga Nation' has existed long before present imposed boundaries and it shall continue to exist beyond them, said the NSF cautioning organizations against "becoming instruments of agendas that seek to weaken the Naga identity and "National movement" by sowing seeds of discord and falsehood."
"The issue before us is neither political propaganda nor competing narratives. It is the brutal loss of six innocent Naga civilian lives. No carefully worded statement, however crafted, can substitute for justice. No expression of regret can erase the horrifying reality of abduction, torture, murder and the inhuman desecration of the victims' bodies. Attempts to rationalize, dilute or justify these atrocities have only deepened the wounds of the bereaved families and the Naga people", said the NSF.