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Journalist charged for misrepresenting facts in report on ethnic clashes, the report claims state bias during clashes

On September 4, 2023, United Nations experts published a statement of concern about the situation in the Northeast State of Manipur in India.

As India prepares to host the Group of 20, or G20, summit in Delhi on September 9-10, the capital is being feverishly cleaned up. To ensure that world leaders find the setting a little less chaotic than usual, schools, shopping malls, and offices will be closed for smooth traffic during the meet. The organisers are even taking steps to deter the ubiquitous visits by monkeys displaced from their forest habitat. But it may be proving more difficult to plan for a substantive conclusion when the

Indian police filed criminal charges against four journalists for allegedly “misrepresenting facts" about tribal conflicts in Manipur.

While celebrating diversity and democracy, heads of state must remember that institutions that uphold rights are under threat – in India and their countries.

GENEVA: UN experts condemned Monday the Indian government’s “slow and inadequate response” to reported serious...

Reports indicated that by mid-August, around 160 people had been killed and 300 others injured in the violence, they said, also pointing to tens of thousands of people displaced, thousands of homes and hundreds of churches burnt down and farmland destroyed.

Why has India’s government been slow to respond to the violence in Manipur?

Over 1,300 people signed the open letter within 48 hours, which was submitted to the Prime Ministers Office on Monday. "As India makes significant strides in development and prepares to host the G20 summit, the persistence of violence in Manipur threatens to undermine these achievements. The ongoing violence in Manipur has fractured the social fabric of the state," the letter said.

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