DIMAPUR, AUGUST 7 (MExN): “The Nagas in Burma (Myanmar) are living in continuous terror, undergoing untold sufferings and miseries at the hands of the present infamous military junta.”
Sosa (Nuree), President, NNLD (Burma), articulated the plight of poor Naga villagers who, irrespective of age or sex, are forced to toil for the military Junta at gunpoint for months on end. These “forced labourers” are also expected to find their own means of food for sustenance.
“Not only are they forced to work at construction of roads, bridges, buildings and shelters required by the military, fetch water, collect firewood, but they are also forced to provide food grains, vegetables and livestock free of cost to the military.
Furthermore, the villagers are forced to cook and cater to the wants of the military. Not satisfied with all that has been done by the villagers, the women and girls are often raped mercilessly” it was informed.
The Nagas in Burma are living through the darkest years of their life under the barbaric rule of the military “in the most inhuman way lesser than the slaves of the ancient world till date.”
The NNLD (Burma) made this earnest and sincere appeal to all, be they NGOs, the state government, groups or factions, intellectuals and individuals, to extend help and to support the Naga National League for Democracy in their fight for restoration of democracy in Burma.
For detailed information well-wishers and concern NGO, groups or individuals may contact the NNLD (based at Naharbari village) at – (03862) 231477, email: nnld_hq@yahoo.co.in
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