Federation of Haomee explained
| Federation of Haomee |
| Area Served: | whole Manipur district where indigenous community live, Manipur, India |
| Type: | Civil society organisation |
| Headquarters: | Imphal |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Sapamcha Jadumani[1] |
| Leader Title2: | Vice-President |
| Leader Name2: | Kh. Kabui[2] |
| Leader Title3: | Convenor of core committee |
| Leader Name3: | R. K. Rajendra Singh (till May 2023) |
| Founded Date: | 12 October 2017[3] |
| Focus: | Campaigning for "indigenous communities" of Manipur |
The Federation of Haomee is a civil society organisation based in the indeginous community having yek salai system of Manipur, India. Its members comprise of organisations from various indigenous communities of Manipur.[4] The organisation claims to campaign for the rights of the "indigenous communities" of Manipur,[5] including the Meitei and Naga people among them, but excluding the Kuki people.[6] It has published a book titled Manipur after the Coming of Kukis authored by one of its functionaries R. K. Rajendra Singh, arguing that Kukis "arrived" in Manipur a century ago and transformed Manipur in some way.[7] Some Kuki scholars have called it a "vigilante organisation" that has generated a "free flow" of hate speech against the Kukis of Manipur.[8]
Notes and References
- Federation of Haomee rejects Manipur People's Bill 2018 / Non indigenous tribal groups should be excluded: Jadumani, Imphal Free Press, 8 November 2018.
- http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src = Snipp3..100823.aug23 'Manipur after the coming of Kukis' released
- https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2021/10/13/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Oct-12-Federation-of-Haomee-has-observed-its-fourth-foundation-day.html FoH observes 4th foundation day
- Web site: 25 communities are native people of Manipur: FoH . 2024-06-27 . Imphal Free Press . en.
- https://morungexpress.com/open-letter-to-wc-nnpgs Open letter to WC, NNPGs
- Vangamla Salle K. S., ‘Centre must abrogate peace talks with foreign-based Kuki outfits’, EastMojo, 26 August 2019. "The federation alleged that the Kukis are not the [original] settlers of Manipur but were once illegal refugees who infiltrated from neighbouring Myanmar."
- Salam Rupachandra Singh, RK Rajendra's Manipur after the coming of Kukis, e-pao.net, 11 July 2023.
- Haoginlen Chongloi, Free-Flowing Hate Speech, Rampant Racial Profiling: How Manipur Grew Intolerant, The Wire, 18 June 2022. "Additionally, Colonel R.K. Rajendro, leader of a civil society group International Meitei Forum (IMF), and Sapamacha Jadumani, president of another civil society group Federation of Haomee (FOH), have been instrumental in spreading venomous hate speech directed at the Kukis since the past few years. Highlighting a few instances of involving the Kukis in the recent past, these leaders from the majority community are habituated to generalising the entire Kuki population as refugees and migrants."
