Imphal, May 30 (MExN): The Manipur Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MCPCR) has today made an appeal to all stakeholders and authority against adopting physical abuse on young people. “The Commission is of the opinion that the strategy and approach for controlling the young or children protestors must be different from adult targeted ones,” the appeal which was made available to the media stated. While acknowledging the crucial role being played by security forces, police in maintaining law and order situation of the state amid ongoing agitations, the Commission noted that the main protestors were students of schools and higher secondary schools – comprising mostly young girls and boys under the age of 18, and appealed to all the stakeholders and authority “not to adopt wide spread, systemic and institutionalized physical abuse and create psychological damage of the young people that will give long lasting negative impact in their future life.” Contending that the interpretation of “Minimum Force” needs to be redefined and reviewed contextually, the Commission also called for introducing standards "on groundbreaking training manual for Police and Security Forces, Juvenile Justice, Human Rights and decent mob control". “Lathi charge, tear gas, shells and rubber bullets should not be used arbitrarily and abruptly against the children, and ordering to use such dangerous and deadly means as minimum force without justifiable ground realities against the young children is unwarranted,” the Commission maintained.
