Source: The Christian Post, September 10, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UN experts have appealed to India\u2019s government over the ongoing violence in Manipur state, which has left 187 dead, 70,000 displaced, and hundreds of churches destroyed amid ethnic and religious tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nineteen independent experts with the UN Human Rights Council have noted that Christians have been disproportionately impacted, saying the violence was incited by hateful speech against the Christian Kuki-Zo minority, particularly women, due to their ethnicity and religious beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conflict involves Manipur\u2019s largely Hindu Meitei and largely Christian Kuki-Zo tribes. The UN experts also expressed alarm over the misuse of counter-terrorism measures against ethnic and religious minorities, the human rights group ADF International said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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