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North East Support Centre & Helpline, New Delhi

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For Imme= diate Release

Guardian= s’ Meeting Held in Manipur to Address Racial Discrimination Faced by People of North East India in Delhi and NCR

Resolved= to Appeal Political Representatives of the Region

 

New= Delhi, January 21, 2009

 

North East Support Centre & Helpline<= /span> with the help of Mani= pur state branch of All India Confederation of SC/ST and OBC Organisations, had a public meeting at Kakching of Thoubal District, Manipur yesterday to address t= he role of guardians in tackling the racial discrimination meted out to North = East India communities living, studying and working in Delhi and National Capital Regions.

 

In the public gather, there were nearly 100 pare= nts and guardians of the students studying in Delhi and surrounding sub-cities. The key figures of the town addressed the issue= s of racial discriminated faced by the communities in the national capital and N= CR.

 

North East Support Centre & Helpline<= /span>’s spokes person= Mr. Madhu Chandra addressed in the meeting. He said, R= 20;The mindset of the people in Delhi= is the root cause of the racial discrimination to North East people living = in the capital and region.” He further said, “The North East communities faced double discrimination when the law keepers Police of Delhi and NCR fai= ls to register the complaints filed by the victims.”

 

Mr. Chandra also said, "2008 begun with sad news of molestation two sisters at North Delhi by 25 local guys and ended t= he years with a tribal girl from Assam raped in Gurgaon on last day of the year.=

 

The public meeting was presided over by Shree P. Nimail, retired = teacher and public leader of the town. Under his leadership, resolutions were made = to form a Guardian body of the Kakching Municipality to look into the we= lfare of their children studying in = Delhi and NCR. Public resolved to appeal to political representatives of the stat= e to bring the racial discrimination to North East communities to the knowledge = of the concern authorities of Del= hi and NCR.

 

North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.ne= helpline.net) is combined initiative of various human rights activists, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to women, North East People and tribal communities of different states.

 

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Mr. Madhu Chandra

Spokes Person