Tuesday, October 12th
October 29 2003 press release to Prime Minister of India
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, October 29 2003
Though pitfalls and stumbling blocks remain, the historic visit of the Prime Minister of India Atal Behari Vajpayee to Kohima Nagaland raises expectations for peace between the two nations.
Nagas from the Naga homeland and thus from beyond the borders of Nagaland State gather in Kohima to prepare a warm welcome to, the Prime Minister of India. Knowing that the peace talks between India and the Nagas are continuing realize that he and his entourage are on Naga soil. In relation to this perception both Atal Behari Vajpayee and the Nagas are fully aware of the historic visit to Kohima in 1953 of Jawarlal Nehru, the late Prime Minister of India, which resulted in India declaring war on the Naga Nation. Feeling bypassed for not being heard while the border between Burma and India was discussed and drawn by U Nu of Burma and the late Nehru the Nagas felt insulted for Nehru refused to hear any representation from the Nagas.
Then when the Nagas went to Delhi to discuss a settlement of the issue between them through peaceful means Nehru retorted saying: ‘even if heaven falls and India goes to pieces and the whole country will run with blood, I will not allow Nagaland to be independent’. It is said that he even said that he could station one Indian soldier for every tree in Nagaland and I would be a matter of a few days for the Indian Forces to crush the Nagas. The ground reality is that it has taken more than 50 years for the mighty Indian Armed Forces and yet they could not crush the Nagas. To the contrary, the Indian leadership including generals declared that military solution to the Indo Naga issue is no longer possible. The are the historical realities!
Fifty years and a war later in which it is said that hundreds of thousands of Nagas have lost their lives, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee stands on the land of the Nagas with an economic package in hand.
Regarding the fundamental right of the Nagas to self determination the Naga International Support Center, Nisc, lauds the Government of India to have decided to come to Nagaland to assess the situation and to promise the Nagas a more dignified life economically. However, Nisc raises some questions:
1 – Though the British had no right to turn over Nagaland to the to be formed Union of India and though well known Indians like Gandhi spoke favourably on the right to self determination of the Nagas it was Nehru’s decision to start the Indo-Naga war. Atal Behari Vajpayee now in Kohima faces the legacy of the classic mistake by his forebear, for Nehru believed that India with its formidable force could crush the Nagas in a matter of days. Nehru proved to be wrong. Fifty years later Kohima bears witness to a willing Prime Minister, who recognized the unique history of the Nagas thus recognizing the right of the Nagas to determine their own future.
2 – It is a fine initiative by the Government of India to stimulate the economy of Nagaland through an economic package. Does Prime Minister believe that the offering an economic package contribute to the solution of the problem? The crux of the problem is political. How can be one be convinced that the present Indian Government is prepared to solve thee problems?
Therefore one sees that the approach of the Indian Government to the issue is still away from being realistic.
Does the Government of India think that by appeasing the Nagas with an economic package they then will agree to be part of India?
3 – The Indo-Naga conflict has been termed by India as an internal conflict. The international community followed India’s stand though the Nagas declared their independence. Due to this stand India was able to keep this long standing conflict a secret to the outside world and prevented international journalists from entering.
Does Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee think that by keeping the Indo-Naga conflict out of the international arena, the Government of India will eventually win the hearts and minds of the Nagas?
For more information:
Visit the site of the Naga International Support Center, Nisc www.nagalim.nl
Or contact us through nisc@nagalim.nl
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December 17 2003 NPMHR burglary
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, A Naga International Support Center, Nisc
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, December 17 2003
Third break in at human rights office in Kohima, Nagaland State, deplored and strongly questioned
For the third time in 9 months it was reported that burglars ransacked the office of the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights. On December 14 unidentified thieves broke locks and doors, forged and damaged drawers and lockers and left files and papers strewn on the floor. Personal belongings and break-in tools were found on the floor, leaving lots of clues for the police to investigate and to apprehand the culprits.
A human rights organization itself with strong affiliation to the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights the Naga International Support Center wonders openly what burglaring Human Rights Offices mean? More so when responsible authorities, both on State and National level, sit idly and let this affront to Human Rights pass as if unnoticed.
Files on Human Rights abuses in a land under siege for over half a century have repeatedly been taken, yet nothing thus far has been done to determine who is responsble for such acts of contempt for the rights of the Naga Peoples. Having lived in isolation for over 50 years these crimes against the Naga people should not go unnoticed.
The Naga International Support Center thus strongle urges both the government of Nagaland State and the Government of India to thoroughly investigate this third break-in within a year and to arrest the criminals. Also to find out who is behind
Third break in at human rights office in Kohima, Nagaland State, deplored and strongly questioned
For the third time in 9 months it was reported that burglars ransacked the office of the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights. On December 14 unidentified thieves broke locks and doors, forged and damaged drawers and lockers and left files and papers strewn on the floor. Personal belongings and break-in tools were found on the floor, leaving lots of clues for the police to investigate and to apprehand the culprits.
A human rights organization itself with strong affiliation to the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights the Naga International Support Center wonders openly what burglaring Human Rights Offices mean? More so when responsible authorities, both on State and National level, sit idly and let this affront to Human Rights pass as if unnoticed.
Files on Human Rights abuses in a land under siege for over half a century have repeatedly been taken, yet nothing thus far has been done to determine who is responsble for such acts of contempt for the rights of the Naga Peoples. Having lived in isolation for over 50 years these crimes against the Naga people should not go unnoticed.
The Naga International Support Center thus strongle urges both the government of Nagaland State and the Government of India to thoroughly investigate this third break-in within a year and to arrest the criminals. Also to find out who is behind
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December 20 2003 Brutal War in Bhutan condemned
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc
A human rights organization
Press Release
Urgent Human Rights appeal to the International Communityl
Amsterdam, December 20 2003
Brutal War in Bhutan condemned
Rampant human rights abuses turn the Political Crisis in Bhutan and Northeast India into a Humanitarian Tragedy
Royal Bhutan Offensive Against civilians in Camps of Indigenous Peoples of the Northeast turned into a bloodbath; soldiers blatantly executed, women soldiers raped and civilians massacred in bomraids. Bodies strewn all over and lie around wherey they perished,
wounded not attented to.
The political crisis in Northeast India, brought about by military repression against armed indigenous movements fighting for their right to self determination, resulted a decade ago in activists taking shelter in Bhutan.
A - The Naga International Support Center, Nisc, condems both the Royal Bhutan Army and the Armed Forces of India and calls on the international community to immediately intervene and thus to:
1 Stop the war in Bhutan. Urge Bhutan to declare a cease-fire.
2 Ensure the security and safety of civilians, women and children.
3 Provide immediate medical relief to injured civilians hurt by crossfire and bombing.
4 Prepare a detailed list of causalities and hand over the dead bodies to impartial authorities, so that they may be handed back to families of the bereaved.
5 Release detained non-combatants to their families through any impartial international monitoring body, such as ICRC.
6 Comply with the international standards and instruments while dealing with activists who have been captured, or have surrendered to Bhutanese authorities.
7 Conduct a thorough investigation on the reported misconduct of Bhutanese and Indian troops concerning extrajuidicial killings of captured militants, torture and rape female soldiers
8 Hold the Bhutan and India responsible for the reported atrocities
B - The Naga international Support Center calls on both the Governments of India and Bhutan to stop this brutal assault on both combattants and civilians.
Nisc holds both governments responsible for tremendous human suffering through their poilicies of neglect, of denial of fundamental human rights and the sheer brute force used to subdue peoples that do not readily agree with the policies of the governments, but want to determine their own future.
For more information and reports on the war in Bhutan see our website www.nagalim.nl or write to nisc@nagalim.nl
Background of the conflict and tragedy
December 19, 2003
Bhutan king, son lead troops in offensive
Bhutan King Jigme Singye Wangchuk and one of his sons are personally leading troops in the offensive to flush out anti-India rebels in the Himalayan kingdom, Indian Army officials said here Friday.
The first-ever operation by 6,000 soldiers of the untested Royal Bhutan Army entered its fifth day Friday.
Officials from the Indian Army's eastern command here familiar with the planning and execution of the offensive said the pro-India king and his second son, Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, had been leading troops in the eastern part of his largely Buddhist kingdom for the past three days.
MASS Central Office, Guwahati.
From Political Crisis to Humanitarian Tragedy: Royal Bhutan Offensive Against non-combatants in Rebel Camps
The political crisis arising out of repression of armed movements in Northeast India resulted in many activists taking shelter in Bhutan.
The government of Bhutan, since 2000 have been negotiating with leaders of the armed opposition groups for the withdrawal of their camps from Bhutanese territory. The process was impeded due to repression on political movements in Northeast India. The government of India, in the meantime, kept up pressure on the Bhutanese government to conduct operations against the armed opposition groups. According to media sources, the Bhutanese government had engaged leaders of the armed opposition groups in talks regarding a phased withdrawal from Bhutan. In the midst of these parleys, the Royal Bhutanese Army (RBA), aided by the Indian army attacked the bases of the armed opposition groups on December 15, 2003 (The Telegraph, December 17, 2003 and December 19, 2003). The coordinated attack has been carried out with logistical and material support from the Indian army. There are reports that the famed Bofors guns are being used to shell the camps (Asomiya Khobor, December 18, 2003).
Media reports suggest that a large number of women and children had taken shelter from repression in India, in the camps of the armed opposition groups (Asomiya Protidin, December 17, 2003). The attack by security personnel from both countries has so far resulted in the deaths of many women and children and other non-combatants. According to reports in the Asomiya Protidin a high-ranking official in the RBA said that: “…(we) will not spare women and children (and)… we will kill everybody” (Asomiya Protidin, December 18, 2003). True to their word, the RBA have killed helpless victims even as they waved white flags to surrender. Two women activists of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were shot in cold blood as they surrendered to soldiers of the RBA (Asomiya Protidin, December 19, 2003). Clearly, this is in contravention of all the humanitarian laws that are applicable in a situation of armed conflict. Moreover, reports suggest that those captured in the conflict in Bhutan, have been handed over to the Indian army’s 21 Mountain Division in Rangiya (The Telegraph, December 19, 2003). In the meantime, according to media reports, Bhutan’s government has denied access to independent humanitarian bodies like the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and continues to carry on the unchecked violation of rights of people seeking humanitarian relief (Aji, December 19, 2003). The bodies of the victims have been left to decompose by the Bhutanese authorities. While the bodies of Bhutanese soldiers have been reclaimed by the RBA, the Bhutanese authorities claim that since the government of India has not asked for the dead bodies, they have been left to the elements (Asomiya Khobor, December 19, 2003).
Reacting to these inhuman events, civil society in all parts of Assam has held several protest meetings and rallies. In Guwahati city alone, thousands of people participated in a meeting organised Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on December 19, 2003. In addition, the Cotton College Students Union organised a protest rally in front of the Kamrup (district) Deputy Commissioner’s office. The North East Students Organisation has also protested against these events in front of the Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi. The gists of the demands of the protestors are as follows:
Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti (MASS) endorses all the demands raised by the democratic organisations and by civil society in Assam. We further request all civil and human rights bodies to call upon the Bhutanese government to comply with the demands raised by democratic opinion throughout the Northeast. If it fails to do so, it would have compounded a humanitarian tragedy whose repercussions will be felt by all people of the region in the future.
Lachit Bordoloi
Chairman, MASS
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Sunday July 6 2003 Elections in Arunachal Phradesh
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, Sunday July 6 2003
In the interest of the Naga right to self determination Nisc deplores the statement by chief minister of Arunachal Phradesh, the honourable Mr. Mithi, in which he says that there are no Nagas living in Arunachal Phradesh.
Mithi himself connected o Nscn-K soldiers in areas like Tirap and Changlang, see the connection between lt. col. Chipu below, shows that his government is no government of the people but of vested interests.
In his bid to try and gain control over Naga areas through Operation Hurricane he recently ordered the police to move all out against the Nscn-IM, but was not supported by the Government of India, see a report below.
1 - Thus Nisc praises the Government of India for its stand in this and expects it to move against unjust practices like the persecution of Naga politicians in the state as well as the persecution of Christians.
Nisc in its former statement on possible reconciliation through the Naga Hoho would like stress that it did not mean to proclaim this apex body as the sole legal bearer of a kind of Nagalim but under the constitution of India.
According to reports the Government of India proposes the Naga Hoho to get statutory status and exclusive funding directly from the Center. It will have legal power to function like a de-facto Nagalim or Greater Nagaland but without affecting the boundaries of any of the north-eastern States.
2 - Does the Government of India not know that the Naga Hoho is a Naga traditional organization and consequently cannot be part of Indian political structure?
Is the Government of India repeating is mistakes of the past by creating another body answerable to the Indian policies and bound by its Constitution?
Does the Government of India want to supersede its first political mistake, the creation of Nagaland State, with another statutory body?
3 - Nisc calls on the wisdom of the Government of India to listen to both listen to the Naga peoples advocating their quest for self determination and to stop meddling in their internal affairs. Even though divide and rule has made Nagas less united, all are one in their desire to determine their own future.
4 - Nisc thus calls on the Government of India to invest in an honourable settlement, not in a settlement that will primarily satisfy the Government of India and a few of its Naga followers.
For more information please visit our website www.nagalim.nl
Or contact Nisc through nisc@nagalim.nl
Connection between lt. Col. Chipu and Chief Minister Mithi
During 1990-1996, Chipu was actively involved in Timber business in Tirap district. The money he looted from Timber business was used for NSCN (K) army.
It all started with the first open meeting with NSCN (K) at Zadua village of Tirap District. All the local leaders along with the elected representative were directed to positively attend this meeting without fail. Chipu chaired the meeting. Mithi Govt. is then a NSCN (K) made govt
The toppling game of Mithi started with his visit to Khonsa on 6th Dec 1998 prior to the 8th meeting of Zadua. He met the NSCN (K) leadership at Mr. T.L Rajkumar Khonsa house on 6th evening and 7th morning of Dec’1998.
In addition to 2% from government servants, Mithi has always donated in lacs from time to time in lieu of his favour for toppling Apang Government.
Operation Hurricane
Govt. in commanding position: Sanjoy
ITANAGAR, June 30: Arunachal Pradesh government is fully geared for the Operation Hurricane and is in a commanding position, said state Education Minister and government spokesman Takam Sanjoy here today.
However, Sanjoy was palpably critical of the Centre which, according to him, was playing a risky game with the situation in the insurgency infected area of the state. The state's repeated requests for deployment of' security forces in Tirap-Changlang was failing in the deaf car of the Centre, observed Sanjoy and added, the Centre was helping proliferation of insurgency in the state.
Reacting to a media report that Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani had ordered an intelligence enquiry to the recent stories of the involvement of some of the Arunachal Pradesh ministers and MLAs with the NSCN, Sanjoy, while welcoming the Centre's move, said, enquiries should also be there to find out the role of the Centre's ,negotiators' and the Nagaland government with the insurgents without just 'singling out' Arunachal Pradesh.
Commenting on the recent hype on Indo-China relation, Sanjoy found, the Centre was doing a 'great mistake' if it had thought that snow peaked mountains would deter the Chinese from pursuing their designs. "They are building roads along the border and we are happy with the natural barriers". Remarked Sanjoy without trying to conceal his sarcasm.
(The Arunachal Times, published from Itanagar)
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September 10 2003, reaction to article of the Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, September 10 2003,
Recently, in the month of July 2003, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Research Officer at the Institute Of Conflict Management wrote the article 'Challenges to Naga Integration' in which he mentions the Naga International Support Center as the protagonist of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland. Routray did not trouble himself to properly check this statement but resorted to parroting some members of the Indian Press, who also without checking their resources conclude and relay. Although that in itself renders enough reason to doubt the credibility and stature if the said Institute, he went on and wrote: 'the Naga International Support Centre (NISC) - unveiled an idea of settling the Naga population in the neighbouring States and Myanmar together, in Nagaland'.
The Naga International Support Center, Nisc, categorically declares that
Routray's statement is false.
Nisc never wrote or implied that, to solve the long standing conflict, the Nagas of all states and Burma could be resettled in the so-called Nagaland State of India which was inaugurated in 1963. The Naga National Council, NNC, was vehemently against the formation of a puppet state. That and the fact that just an unrepresented number of Nagas dealt with India in bringing about that formation, makes the claim that Nisc could have suggested that null and void.
Anyone who desires to write about Nagaland should know one basic point and that is - all Naga areas are called Nagaland. This is not a claim; it is a fact. The term Nagalim is indigenous; it means the land of the Nagas. Lim means land. Nagas have no greater Nagaland nor do they have the smaller one. They have just the land that belongs to them. It is their land,
>nothing less, nothing more. The present, puppet, state of Nagaland is carved out by India and in the western side divides the land of the Nagas into four parts. It is just a small part of Nagaland or Nagalim. Nagas stand for their homeland; they do not stand for just a fraction. No one should create confusion about it.
Through the decades the Nagas have been standing up for the right to self-determination, the right to determine their own future, the right to be free from domination, be it British or Indian. Consequently these question arise: what is the Institute of Conflict Management through the writings of Bibhu Prasad Routray trying to do?
Is Routray, being a researcher, credibly a member of the said Institute or is the Institute itself responsible for the writings of a non researching but proclaiming researcher and thus looses its credibility?- Is the Institute of Conflict Management concerned about the Peace Process between the Government of India and the Nagas and wants to participate in it?
- Or is the Institute of Conflict Management through Mr. Routray being used as a pawn in the Indo-Naga conflict?
- Nisc would like answers to these questions from the Institute of Conflict
>Management as it now can only conclude that the Institute meddles into the
matter only to manage the conflict according to its own vision and political views.
And, doing this through spreading false and suggestive information, based on nothing more than hearsay and possibly gossip, would make the Institute look like almost criminal in nature.
See a copy of Bibhu Prasad Routray's article below
For more information please contact Nisc through: email nisc@nagalim.nl and visit our website www.nagalim.nl
Challenges to Naga Integration By Bibhu Prasad Routray
The ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) is poised for another extension beyond July 31, amidst lingering hopes and aspirations that the solution to the five-decade long conflict would bring in peace to the State. The involvement of the civil society in the process of peace making has remained at a significantly high level symbolizing an intense yearning for peace among the common populace. However, there are apparent signs that it is neither the voice of the common people nor that of the high-profile civil society organizations.
The recent NSCN-IM press statement expressing anguish over the inclusion of two Naga intellectuals in the Reconciliation Commission, set up under the auspices of the Naga Hoho (the apex tribal council) to strive towards greater understanding among the thirty-odd Naga tribes, created great deal of consternation among civil society organizations. However, after a brief interlude of criticisms and expressions of despair, opinions have started falling in line with that of the NSCN-IM.
The Naga struggle for a sovereign land is as much a struggle between the insurgent outfits as a conflict between different tribes under the generic expression, "the Nagas." Tribal differences continue to persist and act as bottlenecks on the way of arriving at a consensus. This reflects not only on the composition and functioning of the civil society organizations but also on the political set up in the State.
The Naga Hoho, the Church, the Naga Students' Federation (NSF) and the Naga Mothers' Association (NMA) have constantly been talking of reconciliation among the Naga tribes before a common struggle for Naga independence. Where as the tribes have been encouraged by the Hoho to give up their differences for the sake of the Naga dream, outfits like the NSCN-IM have put conditionalities on the very process of reconciliation making support mandatory to its engagement with the government of India. The fact that the achievement of the one and half year old reconciliation process has remained a minimum is a pointer at the deep schism among the tribes and the outfits. Interestingly, the so called "divide and rule" policy of the Indian government, a common excuse taken recourse to many Naga organizations, including the insurgent outfits, is certainly not a factor in aggravating the divide.
The weakness of the civil society organizations is intrinsically linked to the dramatic growth of NSCN-IM's impudence. Over dependency on the latter, primarily because of its preponderant martial capability, has made the outfit hog limelight at the cost of other groups and factions, even to the extent of sidelining such organizations politically. Thus, intermittent appeals for broad basing the negotiation process has failed to break much ice. Additionally, the Isak-Muivah faction remains completely dismissive of the standing of other outfits. The Naga National Council has been described as "a politically dead outfit" and intellectuals like Niketu Iralu and Charles Chasie criticized as persons "who persistently try to justify the traitors and collaborators in the name of unity and reconciliation." The uncontested support to the outfit has been the reason behind the undoing of the civil society in the State today.
The NSCN-IM's objection to the Reconciliation Commission's composition is as much an assertion of its perceived standing in the State today as a well-intended move to suppress voices of difference. Niketu Iralu, in some of his writings, had highlighted the concerns of the neighboring States to the Naga dream. In a recent article, he wrote, "Naga reconciliation and ability to speak with one voice will strengthen the Naga case, but it will not automatically guarantee a workable and honorable settlement to the Naga issue." Indeed, the greatest challenge to the realization of a dream of independent Nagaland would not be from the Union government, as NSCN-IM would like the common people to believe, but from states like Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, who would continue to be Nagaland's neighbor in case of an implausible realization of Nagalim. If the incidents of June 2001 in Manipur are any indication, hopes of integrating the Naga-inhabited areas under a single administrative unit is nothing short of a fantasy.A battle hardened outfit like the NSCN-IM and its dexterous leaders are expected to know this.
The writer is a Research Officer at the Institute Of Conflict Management.
The article has been published with due permission from the Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies (IPCS).You may visit IPCS's website at http://www.ipcs.org for further readings
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October 31 2003 Sanjoy Hazarika
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc, A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, October 31 2003
Sanjoy Hazarika, renowned journalist of the Statesman interviewed Mr. TH. Muivah in Amsterdam. Mr. Hazarika writes regularly for that paper and other publications on the Indo-Naga conflict. Nisc received the following email from Mr. Hazarika and wonders why he felt it opportune to tell Nisc that the Prime Minister did show understanding for the Nagas. Does Mr. Hazarika feel compelled to come to the aid of the Government of India? This in contrast with what Nisc portrayed in its press release of October 30. Nisc feels that is should be good for everyone to see what Mr. Sanjoy Hazarika remarked and its reply sent to him. Mr. Hazarika's remarks and Nisc's answer below:
From: sanjoy hazarika To: Nisc Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: visit of Prime minister to Kohima
While appreciating the sentiments expressed in the NISC statement, may I also point out, as a writer, that the Prime Minister did publicly state during his visit to Nagaland that his Government recognized the unique history of the Naga people. He also accepted the fact that mistakes had been made in the past. These appear to me to be positive signs and an assertion of the joint statement made earlier this year after one of the negotiations which stressed the uniqueness of Naga history.
With regards and best wishes
Sanjoy Hazarika----- Original Message -----
From: Nisc To: sanjoy hazarika Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: visit of Prime minister to Kohima
Dear Sanjoy,
Thank you for responding, yet this time we at Nisc feel we should quite disagree with you on this. The states, the first one Nagaland being formed in 1963, says Atal are not in consensus. And thus Nagalim or the Naga Homeland or as the Prime Minister says Greater Nagaland is not feasible. While we have praised the Goi for its insight and recognition of the uniqueness of the Naga History and thus recognizing it as a people and a nation, he should know that it all started by India invading Nagaland and then splitting it up in states and between countries. 1953 Nehru and U Nu decided on the border between them (India and Burma). The only thing Atal is required to do is to redirect these decisions and let the Nagas live in peace with eachother.
Though it is true there are some positive signs this condition of having a consensus of the states first before anything can be decided makes all the positive signs futile. You know how the Meiteis think, feel and express themselves. The Ahoms though not that vocal follow in the footsteps of the Meitei and then Arunachal? We have seen how ardent politicians can be if they feel some power may be wrestled away from them.
No, this has to be a decision of the Goi. And, if Atal Vajpayee was a decisive Prime Minister he would not have left it to the states to come to a consensus but he would have clarified to those states and made it understood that to recognize the uniqueness of the Naga History past
mistakes have to be corrected. He as the Prime Minister is in the position with his cabinet and of course parliament to convince people, states and peoples that mistakes should be corrected. You know that these mistakes, especially the one by Nehru, have led to this seemingly endless war. So, we do disagree with you here and we fear that Vajpayee if he does not change on this will have made another mistake, no matter how much intentionally he is been keen on solving the Indo Naga conflict. Nisc is a human rights organization and seen from what history has shown, the Nagas have every right to determine their own future and should not be held by
>states that were formed by the Goi. Atal Vajpayee and thus the government of India should take full responsibility on this matter.
With warm regards
Drs. F.A.M. Welman Naga international Support Center
For more information visit our website www.nagalim.nl Naga International Support Center nisc@nagalim.nl
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Okctober 7 2003 Nisc Germany.
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Ueffeln, Gemany
Okctober 7 2003
It is with great pleasure that the Naga International Support Center announces the inauguration of Nisc Germany.
On September 26 Nisc Germany was formally launched.
Nisc Germany is a branch office, of the Naga International Support Center.
Nisc Germany based in Ueffeln near Osnabruck will primarily focus on the German speaking peoples and countries. It will release press reports in German, it will prepare the organisation the Naga Call for Peace Europe for Germany so that the Naga cultural exposure will be known to German speaking audiences as well.
Nisc Gemany will highlight the Indo Naga conflict so as to make it known that the Nagas right to self determination is a responsibility for the international community and thus also for the German speaking peoples. It will do so through organising events, by dispensing of publicity, by distributing video and photographic materials as well as postcards. It will provide written background materials for the press.
The Naga International Support Center and Nisc Germany as human rights organizations will closely cooperate with each other. Neither organization is bound by any party or organization but will defend the right of the Nagas, the right of the Naga nation to determine its own future. Nisc Germany will use its resources to connect with existing human rights organisations, inform politicians and hold press conferences.
Nisc Germany was launched to a small audience that, impressed with the more than 50 years old Naga struggle that has carefully been kept out of the news, asked what it could do to help.
Nisc Germany then decided to raise a fund that, when sufficient, would enable remote hill villages to built schools so as to ensure future generations of the education they need.
The Naga International Support Center calls on all concerned to stand by
Nisc Germany.
For more information please contact Nisc Germany through Mr. Kashung Journeyson Email: Kashung@t-online.de or
The Naga International Support Center in Amsterdam nisc@nagalim.nl
Or visit our website www.nagalim.nl
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April 16 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc
A human rights organization
Press Release
Break-in at the Office of the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights, NPMHR, if not investigated fully, is an affront to the humanity of both India and Nagaland State
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To ensure good government the new Nagaland State Government, aided by the Government of India, should investigate all accusations of corruption, of ill gotten wealth by politicians and of channeling government funds to destabilizing parties
Amsterdam, April 16 2003
Recently Nisc learned that burglars took important and irreplaceable documents from the office of Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights, NPMHR. This break-in has serious consequences for this human rights organization and is consequently an insult to the Naga Peoples.
Nisc thus calls on the new Nagaland State Government to ensure that the culprits of this lowly deed are being apprehended, tried in court and the documents returned.
Also the Nagaland State Government should investigate if those culprits acted alone or were assigned by others with interest in the said documents. In the last observation this break-in may have been politically motivated and should then be dealt with accordingly.
Nisc calls on the Nagaland State Government to employ all its resources to investigate, arrest and bring to justice all those involved in this heinous crime.
Following this to Nisc also calls on both the Government of India and the Government of Nagaland to earnestly start eradicating corruption and misuse of Government funds.
Those funds from the Government of India and other donors are made available for the good of all of Nagaland. They are meant for the people. They are not just meant for those that have access to these funds, the happy few.
Nisc states that if the new Nagaland Government is sincere and democratic it should investigate former politicians, including the former chief minister S.C.Jamir, for possible ill gotten wealth, misuse and misdistribution of funds.
Meant for the public of the state but rumored to be used and abused to supply funds to gangs and outfits to create terror and to play power politics, if found to be true on the grounds of investigations, these funds should be returned and the offenders prosecuted.
The Government of India and the Government of Nagaland State would then truly show the caliber of the democracy they profess to uphold and defend.
For more information contact the Naga International Support Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands: nisc@nagalim.nl
Visit our website: www.nagalim.nl
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:23 PM CST [link]
February 16 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, february 16 2003
Chief minister of Nagaland State Jamir in his attempt to secure his re-election uses money and force
The Indian Reserved Police (IRP)and the forces of Khaplang (Nscn-K) have gone all out to secure the re-election of S.C. Jamir. Combining thieir forces by threatening and blackmailing the people to vote for S.C. Jamir and and his Congress party.
Thus making a mockery of an election that in a democration national is to fair and free for all.
In a desperate attempt to be returned to power S.C. Jamir uses illegally aquired public money to buy votes of simple people. From the Konyak, Mokokchong, Tenzang and Zunaboto areas Nisc received reports that S.C. Jamir trough the Indian Reserved Police and Khaplang mercenaries buys votes directly fom ordinary simple people. IRP and Khaplang are responsible for creating serious situations around those areas.
Most importantly identity cards are reported to have been manipulated secretly by members of the Congress party. Consequently the ballots are being manipulated and so people who officially cast their will have actually voted for the party of S.C. Jamir.
Is this the the decade old stability that you were referring to in Dimapur the other day Mrs. Sonia Ghandi?
Nisc once again calls on the Government of India to intervene in these unfair practices and to stop the rampant graft and corruption in Nagaland.
Contact the Naga International Support Center through email nisc@nagalim.nl
and visit the website www.nagalim.nl
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:22 PM CST [link]
February 23 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, february 23 2003
The Naga International Support Center praises the leaders of the Congress Party who, being confronted by their chiefs of staff, initiated the peaceprocess. They were compelled to seek a lasting solution for the Indo-Naga conflict,.as their generals revealed that a military solution was not possible. Only by practically annihilating the Naga Peoples could the conflict be solved militarily.
During their visit to Delhi for the peace process Nscn leaders Mr. Swu and Mr. Muivah Mrs. Gandhi spoke in favour of the peace process and referred to the Congress party which in 1995 intiated the peace process between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland
Appearing in Nagaland Sonia Gandhi strongly spoke for the reelection of chief minister Jamir. She consequently backed rampant corruption. More importantly she backed the 16th point agreement, an agreement against the will of then people, that created Nagaland State.
S.C. Jamir, a staunch initiator and still supporter of the of the 16th point agreement that created Nagaland State, was heavily critised by the then Naga National Council for selling out the rights of the Nagas.
Mrs. Sonia Ghandi reportedly also said that for the past decade the Congress party, headed by Chief Minister S.C. Jamir party has shown to be a stable State Government.
So, in view of these contradictory approaches Nisc wonders what the Congress Party is after? Is Mrs. Ghandi backing S.C.Jamir to maintain the idea of an Nagaland State that is against the idea the Nagas have of thier future? And that is fed and financed by the Indian Government causing rampant corruption? Or is it that Mrs. Gandhi stands by her former leaders of the Congress Party and will adhere to and support the iniated peace process?
Nisc calls on Mrs. Gandhi to speak clearly
Contact the Naga International Support Center through email nisc@nagalim.nl
and visit the website www.nagalim.nl
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:21 PM CST [link]
Januaray 26 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, january 26 2003
The Naga International Support Center wishes to praise the Government of India for the security the have extented to the Naga delegation while in India for the peace talks between the two nations. Nisc knows that prime minister Vajpajee took a risk for though security was organized well elements beyond control could have seriously threatened both the delegation and thus the talks themselved/ Nisc is pleased also that the Government of India kept its word, for the recognition of the uniqueness of the history of the Nagas proved to be well meant. It is refereshing to know that now both nations trust eachother to the point that a final solution is seriously going to be worked out.
With this trust and wisdom shown by both the Government of India and the Naga delegation Nisc feels that the territorial disputes hown by the states of the north east regarding the negaotionas in the peace talks will lead to a deeper understanding for all partie concerned. Nisc then calls on all those in the states to restrain themselves and put forward their ideas and claims without bloodshed.
One question Nisc would like to place before the Home Ministery of the Government of India, a question that relates to a respectful relationship that has received a blow in the recent past.
Now that the decades long distrust and fear between India and Nagalim has turned into understanding a esteem would it not be in line with the lessening of tension that the Home Ministery should lift the ban on the Nisc for visting India and even Nagaland? For upon expressing that Nisc would like to enter Nagalim with or without permission from India (upon invitation by the Nagas and with the aim of conducting a survey on the ceasefire violations plus the shooting of a documentary on Naga cultural life) Nisc learned that an apllication for a visa would have to go through that Home Ministery. Until today, the application was submitted months ago, Nisc had not had a reply on that application. Nisc therefore wishes
the Government of India well in deciding how to deal with with friends of the nation.
Contact the Naga International Support Center through email nisc@nagalim.nl
and visit the website www.nagalim.nl
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:21 PM CST [link]
February 5 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, february 5 2003
Mr. Padmanabhaiah reportedly has said that: “At the time of signing any agreement, we will not only take up the issue of surrendering of arms but also disbanding the faction itself. That is our ultimate objective but right now it is a little far”. He said the Government has made it clear to the Naga leaders that is they desired to have a serious political dialogue, they will have to come to India as we will not be able to continue such talks outside the country.”.
Upon reading a report on an interview in the latest issue of ‘Panchajanya by the interlocutor for the Indian Government’ Mr. Padmanabhaiah, Nisc wonders if this is a fabricated interview, for the consequneces of his statements would devastating. Nisc does not think the official interlocutor would be taking the peace talks in his own hand. Going by what he claims what is on agenda of the Indian Government, if the interview indeed was given, has he for the second time released his own views?
If Mr. Padmanabhaiah speaks on behalf of the Government of India then he does that in sharp contrast to what has by both paties been described as a an atmosphere of trust and understanding to come to a long lasting solution of the more than five decades old conflict between India and Nagalim. Consequently it is a surprise to hear from a man of the standing of Mr. Padmanabiaha as with these words he seems to totally ignore the terms of the talks namely: the talks are to be unconditional, at the highest level and outside India. Is it up to Mr. Pamanabhaiah to unilaterally set new terms of his own to the peace talks?
The question now id will the NSCN be dictated this way?
These are hard, solid, issues and Nisc feels that Mr. P has to find answers to those questions. Naturally his way of handling the Indo-Naga issue has become highly questionable once again. He is expected to know that a solution only can be expected out of understanding, not from dictation.
From the last statement of the collective leadership of the NSCN issued while in Delhi it is clear that that leadership is doing the utmost in seeking a just solution to the longstanding issue. Nisc thus wonders if Mr. P. has had the opportunity to study the document before he spoke out to the contrary. Could the Government of India elaborate on the dictorial statements made by Mr. Padmanabaiah?
Contact the Naga International Support Center through email nisc@nagalim.nl
and visit the website www.nagalim.nl
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:20 PM CST [link]
September 1 2003 Announcement of the Call for Peace ... a European experience
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, September 1, 2003
The Naga International Support Center in close cooperation with the Naga Student Federation and the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights announces the Naga Call For Peace Europe……. a cultural experience.
With the Naga Call for Peace a cultural troupe made up of representatives of Naga cultures will introduce the isolated and almost forgotten Naga cultures to European audiences. The troupe will present a dazzling show in theatres of at least five countries.
In combination with this cultural exposure a travelling exhibition on Naga history, culture and persistence to stand up for the right to self determination will be designed and a series of documentaries will be produced.
The first Naga Call for Peace was held in Thailand last year through Forum Asia, a human rights organization based in Bangkok. This successful introduction of the Nagas to the people of South East Asia in general and Thailand in particular inspired the Nisc to organize the Call for Peace Europe. As a prelude those performances in Bangkok were a good opportunity to introduce the Nagas on 4 series of picture postcards.
The Nisc in cooperation with Art Unlimited, Amsterdam, presents the first of 4 series of 6 postcards.
Here are four samples, small images, of the first set.
With the purchase of these postcards you will help to make the Naga Call for Peace a success.
Prices are: 4 sets of six cards each €15.-
One set of six cards € 5.-
Individual cards € 1.-
Please contact the Naga International Support Center for further details:
nisc@nagalim.nl or visit our website www.nagalim.nl
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:18 PM CST [link]
Reaction to article of institute of Conflict managament Sept 10 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, September 10 2003,
Recently, in the month of July 2003, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Research Officer at the Institute Of Conflict Management wrote the article ‘Challenges to Naga Integration’ in which he mentions the Naga International Support Center as the protagonist of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland.
Routray did not trouble himself to properly check this statement but resorted to parroting some members of the Indian Press, who also without checking their resources conclude and relay.
Although that in itself renders enough reason to doubt the credibility and stature if the said Institute, he went on and wrote:
‘the Naga International Support Centre (NISC) – unveiled an idea of settling the Naga population in the neighboring States and Myanmar together, in Nagaland’.
The Naga International Support Center, Nisc, categorically declares that Routray’s statement is false.
Nisc never wrote or implied that, to solve the long standing conflict, the Nagas of all states and Burma could be resettled in the so-called Nagaland State of India which was inaugurated in 1963. The Naga National Council, NNC, was vehemently against the formation of a state. That and the fact that just an unrepresented number of Nagas dealt with India in bringing about that formation, makes the claim that Nisc could have suggested that null and void. Moreover Nisc’s website is called www.nagalim.nl. Though Nagalim as such does not exist it reflects the idea of that Nagaland as such is a nation, for lim means land and thus it is both the same and distinct from Nagaland. It is the same as it designates the land of the Nagas but not just one state and distinct because it reflects the idea of Nagaland that was divided in 4 states and between two countries.
Through the decades the Nagas have been standing up for the right to self-determination, the right to determine their own future, the right to be free from domination be it British or Indian. Consequently this question arises: what is the Institute of Conflict Management through the writings of Bibhu Prasad Routray trying to do?
- Is Routray, being a researcher, credibly a member of the said Institute or is the Institute itself responsible for the writings of a non researching but proclaiming researcher and thus looses its credibility?
- Is the Institute of Conflict Management concerned about the Peace Process between the Government of India and the Nagas and wants to participate in it?
- Or is the Institute of Conflict Management through Mr. Routray being used as a pawn in the Indo-Naga conflict?
Nisc would like answers to these questions from the Institute of Conflict Management as it now can only conclude that the Institute meddles into the matter only to manage the conflict according to its own vision and political views.
And, doing this through spreading false and suggestive information, based on nothing more than hearsay and possibly gossip, would make the Institute look like almost criminal in nature.
See a copy of Bibhu Prasad Routray’s article below
For more information please contact Nisc through:
email nisc@nagalim.nl and visit our website www.nagalim.nl
Challenges to Naga Integration By Bibhu Prasad Routray
The ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) is poised for another extension beyond July 31, amidst lingering hopes and aspirations that the solution to the five-decade long conflict would bring in peace to the State. The involvement of the civil society in the process of peace making has remained at a significantly high level symbolizing an intense yearning for peace among the common populace. However, there are apparent signs that it is neither the voice of the common people nor that of the high-profile civil society organizations.
The recent NSCN-IM press statement expressing anguish over the inclusion of two Naga intellectuals in the Reconciliation Commission, set up under the auspices of the Naga Hoho (the apex tribal council) to strive towards greater understanding among the thirty-odd Naga tribes, created great deal of consternation among civil society organizations. However, after a brief interlude of criticisms and expressions of despair, opinions have started falling in line with that of the NSCN-IM.
The Naga struggle for a sovereign land is as much a struggle between the insurgent outfits as a conflict between different tribes under the generic expression, “the Nagas.” Tribal differences continue to persist and act as bottlenecks on the way of arriving at a consensus. This reflects not only on the composition and functioning of the civil society organizations but also on the political set up in the State.
The Naga Hoho, the Church, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) and the Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) have constantly been talking of reconciliation among the Naga tribes before a common struggle for Naga independence. Where as the tribes have been encouraged by the Hoho to give up their differences for the sake of the Naga dream, outfits like the NSCN-IM have put conditionalities on the very process of reconciliation making support mandatory to its engagement with the government of India. The fact that the achievement of the one and half year old reconciliation process has remained a minimum is a pointer at the deep schism among the tribes and the outfits. Interestingly, the so called “divide and rule” policy of the Indian government, a common excuse taken recourse to many Naga organizations, including the insurgent outfits, is certainly not a factor in aggravating the divide.
The weakness of the civil society organizations is intrinsically linked to the dramatic growth of NSCN-IM’s impudence. Over dependency on the latter, primarily because of its preponderant martial capability, has made the outfit hog limelight at the cost of other groups and factions, even to the extent of sidelining such organizations politically. Thus, intermittent appeals for broad basing the negotiation process has failed to break much ice. Additionally, the Isak-Muivah faction remains completely dismissive of the standing of other outfits. The Naga National Council has been described as “a politically dead outfit” and intellectuals like Niketu Iralu and Charles Chasie criticized as persons “who persistently try to justify the traitors and collaborators in the name of unity and reconciliation.” The uncontested support to the outfit has been the reason behind the undoing of the civil society in the State today.
The NSCN-IM’s objection to the Reconciliation Commission’s composition is as much an assertion of its perceived standing in the State today as a well-intended move to suppress voices of difference. Niketu Iralu, in some of his writings, had highlighted the concerns of the neighboring States to the Naga dream. In a recent article, he wrote, “Naga reconciliation and ability to speak with one voice will strengthen the Naga case, but it will not automatically guarantee a workable and honorable settlement to the Naga issue.” Indeed, the greatest challenge to the realization of a dream of independent Nagaland would not be from the Union government, as NSCN-IM would like the common people to believe, but from states like Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, who would continue to be Nagaland’s neighbor in case of an implausible realization of Nagalim. If the incidents of June 2001 in Manipur are any indication, hopes of integrating the Naga-inhabited areas under a single administrative unit is nothing short of a fantasy.
A battle hardened outfit like the NSCN-IM and its dexterous leaders are expected to know this.
The writer is a Research Officer at the Institute Of Conflict Management.
The article has been published with due permission from the Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies (IPCS).
You may visit IPCS's website at http://www.ipcs.org for further readings
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:17 PM CST [link]
Statement of Isak Swu Nisc: The Mobile office march 27 2002
Naga International Support Center
A human rights organisation
Press Release
From the mobile office of the NISC in a telephone interview given by the chairman of the NSCN Isak Chishi Swu
The Nisc concerned about the developments in Manipur and other Naga areas and angered by the Assam Tribune on designating the Nisc to be an extention of the NSCN would like to emphasize that it is a human rights organisation in support of all Nagas, not just the NSCN. Nisc will critisize NSCN and other Naga bodies if any of them commit human rights violations. Therefore it stresses that the need for investigating these human rights violations rampant in Naga areas and onesidedly reported is of utmost importance. To shed light on the murky situatiuon created by the Armed Forced, notably the IRB, Nisc interviewed the chairman of the NSCN with the purpose to establish the projection of the NSCN in this grave matter. For an intersubjective view on this and other matters both the Governments of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and the Central Government should come forward to enable thorough investigations.
“The killing of the 11 soldiers of the Naga Army was an act of outright murder. Consequently it was a total violation of human rights. From information that reached us from 4 survivors of the same group of soldiers we learned that first of all they were captured, then arrested and tortured to death. Most likely to cover up the torture the 11 soldiers they were shot after they had been killed.
But, to be fair let and impartial investigation take place to determine once and for all what exactly happened on that fateful day. Let the investigation be completed before the already proposed medals of valor are to be given to the soldiers of the IRB. Awarding people for comitting murder would amount to encouraging gross human rights violations.
Condoning the murder of Naga soldiers the DPP in relation to the arrest of the district commissioner dared to go one step further accusing the NSCN to be a terrorist organisation. Instigation of the people of Manipur to take to the streets and burn effigies of Mr. Th. Muivah will not contribute to the solution of the problem and will not create a peaceful atmosphere.
The murder of 11 Naga soldiers does outweigh the mere arrest of just one official. No hair on his body will be touched and once the the Government of India in close cooperation with the newly elected Government of Manipur will return the captured arms the DC will be set free.
To hasten the release of the DC I trust the Government of India will issue a written order as demanded by the authorities of Manipur State at the earliest. “
Nisc: The Mobile office march 27 2002
Naga International Support Center
Kortenaerplein 2
1057 NE Amsterdam.
Netherlands
Tel: 0031 20 6128212
Email: nisc1@vizzavi.nl and f.welman@chello.nl mobile email: fimapur@yahoo.com
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:15 PM CST [link]
Elections and S.C. Jamir February 16 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, february 16 2003
Chief minister of Nagaland State Jamir in his attempt to secure his re-election uses money and force
The Indian Reserved Police (IRP)and the forces of Khaplang (Nscn-K) have gone all out to secure the re-election of S.C. Jamir. Combining their forces by threatening and blackmailing the people to vote for S.C. Jamir and and his Congress party.
Thus making a mockery of an election that in a democration national is to fair and free for all.
In a desperate attempt to be returned to power S.C. Jamir uses illegally aquired public money to buy votes of simple people. From the Konyak, Mokokchong, Tenzang and Zunaboto areas Nisc received reports that S.C. Jamir trough the Indian Reserved Police and Khaplang mercenaries buys votes directly fom ordinary simple people. IRP and Khaplang are responsible for creating serious situations around those areas. Dimapur
Most importantly identity cards are reported to have been manipulated secretly by members of the Congress party. Consequently the ballots are being manipulated and so people who officially cast their will have actually voted for the party of S.C. Jamir.
Is this the the decade old stability that you were referring to in Dimapur the other day Mrs. Sonia Ghandi?
Nisc once again calls on the Government of India to intervene in these unfair practices and to stop the rampant graft and corruption and injustices being practiced by Congress govrnment in Nagaland.
Contact the Naga International Support Center through email nisc@nagalim.nl
and visit the website www.nagalim.nl
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:12 PM CST [link]
Peace talks Delhi January 2003
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc,
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, february 24 2003
During the peace-talks in Delhi, January 2003, the leaders of the NSCN Mr. Swu and Mr. Muivah met Mrs. Gandhi, leader of the Congress party. Mrs. Gandhi spoke in favour of the peace process between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland which her party intiated in 1995.
The Naga International Support Center praises the leaders of the Congress Party who initiated the peace process between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim. Being confronted by their chiefs of staff they were compelled to seek a lasting solution for the Indo-Naga conflict,.as their generals revealed that only by practically annihilating the Naga Peoples could the conflict be solved militarily.
Appearing in Nagaland however Mrs. Sonia Gandhi strongly backed the re-election of chief minister Jamir the architect of the 16th point agreement that created Nagaland State, an agreement against the will of the people.
S.C. Jamir, a staunch initiator and supporter of the of the 16th point agreement that created Nagaland State, by stating that it was the best and he final deal for the Nagas was heavily critised by the then Naga National Council for selling out the rights of the Nagas.
Elaborating her support for chief minister S.C. Jamir Mrs. Sonia Ghandi reportedly said the past decade has shown the Congress party government, headed by Chief S.C. Jamir to be a stable one.
Yet, rampant corruption, favoritism, intervention in the peace process are blatant and in open view.
In view these contradictory policy statements Nisc desires to know where the Congress Party stands:
Does the Congress Party of Mrs. Gandhi stand by her former leaders? Will she adhere to and support the iniated peace process?
Or:
Does her support to Mr. Jamir mean that she accepts Jamir’s ‘Bedrock of the Naga Society’, clealy condemned by the people? In relation to her support for Jamir in the election, how would Sonia Gandhi understand important persons like Mani Shankar of Congress, who said Mahatma Gandhi and Jamir are at par?
If Mrs. Ghandi backs S.C.Jamir she is clearly against the peace process.
Nisc calls on the Congress party of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi to be clear of the very important peace process. Mrs. Gandhi make a the stand and eliminate the confusion!!.
Speaking in contradictions will add fuel to a smouldering fire!
Contact the Naga International Support Center through email nisc@nagalim.nl
and visit the website www.nagalim.n
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:10 PM CST [link]
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc on S.C. Jamir
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc
Press release
Amsterdam, april 27 2003
The board of the Naga international Support Center, Nisc, read the article of the Assam Tribune, below, with growing astonishment. Nisc can hardly believe that this kind of irresponsible reporting is commonplace in India but errant behaviour of the Assam Tribune. For, is it not journalistically ethical to check sources before publishing?
Nisc categorically states that Nisc is a human rights organization. That it has connections with all Naga organizations, especially with the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights, Naga Hoho, Naga Mothers and the Naga Student Federation. Nisc is not an organisation backed NSCN (I-M) and Nisc does not speak for any NSCN.
Because the implication of this statement is impertinent and insulting Nisc asked the Assam Tribune to retract. Though it must have known it to be untrue, baseless and unethical the Assam Tribune did not care reply.
Nisc in requesting rectification from the paper also pointed out that the Assam Tribune quoted half-heartedly from the Nisc press release. In that statement Nisc encouraged the new government of Nagaland state to seriously investigate the break-in of the office NPMHR, also a human rights organization. Considering that important documents were taken, this break-in could have been politically motivated.. Though this in itself deserves a lot of attention, knowing that dire consequences may result from a politically motivated burglary, the new government was encouraged to investigate earnestly the rampant corruption in Nagaland State. The Assam Tribune however has chosen to only report on that part of the statement. We question why the Assam Tribune has omitted important information and why it opens its report with NSCN IM while quoting from a Nisc statement. Is the management of the Assam Tribune aware of the consequences of unverified statements?
Nisc realizes that this kind of unchecked and this irresponsible reporting will hurt all human rights organizations as well as the press. Consequently Nisc calls on all journalists to condemn irresponsible reporting. Please carefully check the validity of your sources.
Naga International Support Center: for more information nisc@nagalim.nl visit our website www.nagalim.nl
Probe cases against Jamir, urges NSCN (I-M)
From Our Staff Correspondent
NEW DELHI, April 18— In a bid to corner former Nagaland Chief Minister S C Jamir and colleagues, the NSCN (I-M) has urged the Nagaland Government and Union Government to investigate all charges of corruption and ill-gotten wealth pending against him.
In a statement by the Naga International Support Center (NISC), a NSCN (I-M) backed organisation, has called on both the Government of India and the Government of Nagaland to start eradicating corruption and misuse of Government funds. ‘Those funds from the Government of India and other donors are made available for the good of all of Nagaland. They are meant for the people. They are not just meant for those that have access to these funds, the happy few, it said.
If the new Nagaland Government is sincere and democratic it should investigate former politicians, including the former chief minister S C Jamir, for possible ill-gotten wealth, misuse and misdistribution of funds. That the former Chief Minister had it coming was clear from the outset as the ruling DAN Government made an electoral promise to probe all charges of corruption against Jamir. The Rio-Government in one of its early Cabinet meeting had adopted a resolution recommending the CBI to expedite the investigation of the cases against Jamir.
The CBI, which among others is probing a case of lottery scam involving the Chief Minister, was forced to shelve the case into the cold storage following a hostile environment. But now with the State government adopting a belligerent position the Bureau may have to act.
Frans on 10.12.04 @ 03:07 PM CST [link]
