The Meghalaya Peoples’ Human Rights Council (MPHRC) today urged both governments of Assam and Meghalaya to ensure the safety and security of local villagers in Mukroh.
To commemorate the International Human Rights Day the organisation in a statement said that a robust mechanism should be in place to ensure that people in the border village live a life with human dignity.
Expressing its solidarity with villagers in Mukroh in demanding justice for those victims killed by Assam police on November 22, MPHRC chairman DG Dympep stressed on the need to bring to justice those responsible and urged the government to take all necessary steps to prevent further violations of human rights and to address any violations so that they do not reoccur in the future.
The MPHRC also expressed concern that no action was taken even after the inquiry report on the killing of ex-HNLC leader Cheristerfield Thangkhiew concluded that police had used excessive force.
“We condemn the Government for directly defending the Tactical Team-I who were responsible for the operation to arrest the deceased at his residence on 13-8-2021 at about 3 am and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims’ right to justice and redress” the MPHRC said urging the government to investigate all allegations of human rights abuses and prosecute offenders; including those implicated in various violent incidents in the past.
