PROTESTERS in Birmingham have called for an end to Indian state-sponsored violence and horrific attacks on women in Manipur.

Demonstrators handed a joint statement with their demands to the Consul General of India after ethnic clashes in the north-eastern state left more than 150 people dead and tens of thousands have been displaced since early May.

The violence between the majority Meitei group and the tribal Kuki minority was only publicly addressed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a video that showed two women being paraded naked by a mob sparked global outrage.