United National Liberation Front of WESEA (UNLFW), Co-ordination Committee (CORCOM) and Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) appealed to all the people in the WESEA region to avoid the celebration and any supportive activity in connection with it to display our solidarity against India, the common enemy by making the total shut down a complete success.
India’s yearly independent day celebration by unfurling her tri-colour in our WESEA Region is nothing but reaffirmation of the Indian Colonial Occupation over our region and people. The Indian establishment is obstinate to keep their occupation symbol flying high for the world to see defying the democratic norms of the civilized countries of the world and is itself a provocation, according to a joint release by the armed groups.
“The revolutionary organizations of the region are determined to resist the Indian hegemonic occupation of our region, by all means necessary.”
“We understand the hidden agenda of the so-called ‘Peace Talk’ offered by the colonial regime within the Indian Constitution, which is akin to ‘Sugar Coated Bullet’. It is just one of the many dirty tactics of India for perpetual colonization and acceptance of this “Peace Talk” would itself be surrendering of our freedom to the Indian Colonial Rule.”
“The only way to be free from the bondage of Indian occupation is to defeat the IOF and drive them out of our soil forever. Therefore, we are determined to fight until we are able to break free of the colonial shackle.”
As part of our program, we are calling a Total Shut Down of our region to counter the celebration of “The Triumph of the Coloniser” from 00:00 to 18:00 hours on August 15, 2015. During these hours, essential services, emergency measures, media and religious activities are exempted from this shut down, it said.
UNLFW, CORCOM, GNLA, HNLC appeal to avoid 15 Aug celebration
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