Mr Sree Iyer and I had a one on one discussion on AFSPA. We spoke of its necessity in disturbed areas, how it is misunderstood and why it should continue.
https://youtu.be/ASY3dplkDsk#AFSPA
There are reports in the media of normalcy in J&K and some clamour for removal of AFSPA. Absence of normalcy is not peace and AFSPA remains a necessary instrument of the state to bring any disturbed area back to normalcy. In this context Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and I shared some thoughts on AFSPA.
https://youtube.com/live/gFpswiD22IA?feature=share
Inside The 20-Fold Surge In Assam’s Encounter Killings
Under BJP chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the state has recorded more than 200 police ‘encounters’ since 2021, with over 80 killed and 180 injured. The encounters evoke memories of the 1990s’ ‘secret killings’ of over 400 separatists and their sympathisers by unidentified killers.
#assam #EncounterKillings #BJP #crime #ULFA #AFSPA #AssamPolice #BJPStates #india
Empty rooms, silenced voices: What remains of Kashmiri civil society’s valiant fight for justice
The painstaking work of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society highlighted the systemic violence and the repression of human rights. Freny Maneckshaw writes.
#kashmir #HumanRights #JKCCS #UAPA #torture #militarisation #ForcedDisappearances #AFSPA #IndianArmy #IndianArmedForces #KhurramParvez #IrfanMehraj #AasiaJeelani #india
How many Kashmiri civilian lives are equal to an ‘official secret’?
Military administration and the unequal hand of law ensure that the lives of civilians in Kashmir sell cheaper than a secret under the Official Secrets Act, writes Gursimran Kaur Bakshi.
#kashmir #AFSPA #OfficialSecretsAct #CustodyDeaths #48RashtriyaRifles #IndianArmy #HumanRights #india
https://theleaflet.in/how-many-kashmiri-civilian-lives-are-equal-to-an-official-secret/
How the Quicksand of Counter-Insurgency Operations Has Hurt Indian Army's Core Value
The recent Rajouri-Poonch incident has offered a chance to start the process of recovery and climb out of the morass. Distinguish between criminality and a genuine mistake. Instead of incentivising criminal behaviour using the plea of troops’ morale, prosecute and punish the criminals in uniform. Make an example of them. Ghazala Wahab writes.
#kashmir #poonch #rajouri #CustodyDeaths #torture #IndianArmy #AFSPA #HumanRights #militancy #CounterInsurgency #india
Govt’s normalcy narrative faces off against realities in J&K
How do the Union government’s claims about peace in Kashmir stand up in light of the recent outrage around civilian killings and violence across the region? Sushant Singh writes.
#kashmir #militancy #CivilianDeaths #gujjars #IndianArmy #torture #AFSPA #HumanRights #UnionGovt #article370abrogation #india
Optics Aside, the Truth Behind Manipur's Ceasefire Agreement
The reality is that only a faction of the UNLF has participated in the peace talks – much smaller in terms of cadre capacity than the one that has decided to stay away from the latest ‘ceasefire’ with the government.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #UNLF #ManipurCeasefire #BirenSingh #AFSPA #india
https://thewire.in/politics/manipurs-ceasefire-agreement-explained
Two years on, human rights defender Khurram Parvez waiting for his human rights to be defended
As Khurram Parvez, perhaps the most prominent face of human rights work in Jammu and Kashmir, completes two years behind bars without trial today, activists call it a travesty.
#kashmir #KhurramParvez #HumanRights #activism #dissent #UAPA #DranonianLaws #JKCCS #IndianArmedForces #AFSPA #india
AFSPA extended in four Assam districts, withdrawn from four others
The Act will now only apply to the districts of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar and Charaideo.
https://scroll.in/latest/1056877/afspa-extended-in-four-assam-districts-withdrawn-from-four-others
AFSPA extended in Manipur for 6 months from October 1 barring 19 police stations of Imphal Valley
The disturbed area declaration under AFSPA in Manipur (except Imphal Municipality area) is in operation since 2004.
#manipur #DisturbedArea #AFSPA #ManipurViolence #ManipurHillAreas #meiteis #kukis #india
Several hill villages in Manipur wrongly included in valley districts: ST panel
The NCST had asked the State to review an order moving forest land from Kangpokpi to Imphal East without the approval of the Hill Areas Committee.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #NCST #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ATSUM #HAC #AFSPA #india
Are the new criminal law bills really anti-colonial? Here’s why experts say no
Home Minister Amit Shah promised that the bills would overhaul our criminal justice system. However, the proposed reforms may be colonial in spirit too.
#IPC #CRPC #IndianEvidenceAct #sedition #DraconianLaws #UAPA #AFSPA #laws #hindutva #BJP #india
‘Historic’ decision by Centre reduces AFSPA’s footprint? Not by much
A closer look at the order reveals the area in the North East under the contested law has not shrunk significantly. In Arunachal, it has actually gone up.
#AFSPA #UnionGovt #NorthEast #ArunachalPradesh #nagaland #manipur #assam #HumanRights #FakeEncounters #oting #militarisation #NarendraModi #HimantaBiswaSarma #india
https://scroll.in/article/1046309/historic-decision-by-centre-reduces-afspas-footprint-not-by-much
Army Court Sentences Captain Involved in Amshipora Fake Encounter to Life Imprisonment
The court has held that Captain Bhoopendra Singh, of the Army’s 62 Rashtriya Rifles then based in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, “exceeded powers vested under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act” during the encounter.
#kashmir #amshipora #rajouri #shopian #AFSPA #FakeEncounters #IndianArmy #62RashtriyaRifles #HumanRights #militarisation #JKpolice #india
A 33-Year-Old’s Disappearance After Detention In Kashmir Reveals Latest Abuse Of Law For ‘Disturbed Areas’
Despite his family’s trauma, the army detention of a 33-year old with no criminal record from his home on a freezing night in December 2022 was legal, since the military has had sweeping powers to arrest or shoot terror suspects in Kashmir for 32 years. But what followed, from the accounts of the family, local police and sarpanch—and the interpretation of India’s law for ‘disturbed areas’ by two retired generals—was a violation of that law and the army’s own procedures, as Abdul Rashid Dar became the latest of more than 8,000 Kashmiris to disappear since the 1990s.
#kashmir #kupwara #kunan #AbdulRashidDar #disappearance #IndianArmy #JKPolice #AFSPA #HumanRights #APDP #muslims #MastIndia #india
For any sort of peace to finally prevail in Nagaland the repeal of #AFSPA must be a prerequisite, not an ‘achievement’ or ‘reward’ the Nagas must earn by surrendering their politics and dignity. #Nagaland
https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/legal-and-lethal?utm_source=twitter
It was through the state of exception of #AFSPA that the Indian state expanded, by brutal means, its control over the Naga uplands at a time when its legitimacy to govern was questioned.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/legal-and-lethal?utm_source=twitter
#AFSPA’s permanent association with the Naga is indicative of their incorporation into the Indian nation-state as secondary citizens, as rights-deprived subjects.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/legal-and-lethal?utm_source=twitter
#AFSPA keeps apart ideas of law & justice; a separation that makes the Nagas 'killable', as in #Oting. The law incorporates them into the Indian nation-state as rights-deprived subjects and reveals the dark side of Indian democracy.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/legal-and-lethal
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