A viral video of an attack on two women in Manipur is encouraging other survivors to speak out.
By Divya AryaNew allegations of violence against women are emerging in the north-east Indian state of Manipur, as the response to a viral video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob encourages others to speak.For more than two months, Mary , a Kuki woman, could not find the courage to go to the police.
Mary says that her daughter now talks about killing herself, but that she reassures her she can still make something of her life.She and a friend were singled out for belonging to the Kuki community, she says, and attacked in the hostel they lived in while studying nursing in the state capital, Imphal.
Faultlines quickly deepened after the conflict flared up, causing a complete separation of two communities who had previously lived alongside one another. Both now have barricades at village entry points and there are continuing reports of overnight clashes.Image caption, State police said soon after the start of the clashes that they had not received reports of violence against Meitei women, but a spokesman for the Meitei community told me there had been many unreported attacks.
The 23-year-old man has a blank expression for most of the time when I meet him in a small room in the home of one of his relatives."Arrest each person in that mob, especially those who killed my father and brother," he says.Gracy Haokip: "If it wasn't for this video, we wouldn't have got so much attention"The Chief Minister of Manipur, N.
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