The structural violence emerging out of the creation of social and political structures that had deprived the rights of indigenous people of Manipur in terms of safety, respect, participation, economy, identity and culture, considered to be the base for the existing conflict. This is marked by the controversial merger agreement and imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA).

In such environment, the human rights has been an issue for the last few decades.Government of India deploys a large number of military forces in Manipur imposing the draconian law, AFSPA. Here are over 350 military stations for curbing the Armed Opposition Groups (AOGs). Reportedly the Chief Minister of Manipur, Mr Okram Ibobi said that 8,000 civilians and 12,000 members of Government Forces and AOGs have been killed till 2004 since the armed resistance began. From 2006 onwards on an average of 1/2 persons are killed extra judicially every day.   Manipuris have been undergoing a traumatic experience of gross human rights violations over the decades.

The earlier period started from 1970s in the hills and 80s in the valley, the violations by the Government Armed Forces were characterized by massacres, other extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, rapes, tortures, human shields, arsons, plunders, forced labors and internal displaces, etc. The (small scale) massacre that killed about 5 to 10 civilians by Government Military Forces in the incident with excuses killed in self defense and in retaliation or in cross firing was one of the major issues. That were happening occasionally along with the so called (military) combing operations giving some fancy names like Operation Thunderbolt, Operation Sunny Vale, Operation All Clear, Operation   Tornado, Operation Dragnet, etc were routine.

Starting from the late 2005 untill today, people undergo increasing volume of killings, the killings carried out by mainly Assam Rifles (AR), Manipur Police Commandos, Indian Reserved Battalion (IRB), and a very alarming  emergence of  silent killings  or killings  by the unidentified gunmen and armed groups that people alleged whose  activities are merely of the extortions. This changing pattern of the rights violations started in the late 2005. About 75% of the custodial killings are recently married to and young fathers, leaving one kid or two. Most of their survived children are of aged about 6 months to 6 years; many a married wives are survived getting pregnant at the time their husbands are killed. The impunity remains so strong; investigations are properly neither instituted nor conducted, the perpetrators get scot free and repeat the violations.