DIMAPUR, Dec 10: The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) has said today that one of the deeper concerns that human rights movements and defenders are now faced with in today’s contemporary world is the increasing shrinking space of democracy everywhere. According to the NPMHR, the recent arrest and detention of “human rights defenders”, such as the leaders of the United Naga Council (UNC) President Gaidon Kamei and its publicity secretary SK Stephen by Manipur Police is another grave example of shrinking space of democracy and the growing intolerance of states against democratic expressions of its citizens.
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