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The AFSPA and the Constitution

The ongoing debate over the use of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Kashmir is typically couched in terms of a choice between the potential political gains and the potential threat to law and order that may follow from its withdrawal.  In fact, this law, and others like it, goes [...]

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10th year of hunger strike: Call for Action in Support of Irom sharmila

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[Cross Posted in ManipurFreedom.org]

Dear Friends,

On 2 November 2009, Manipur poet and activist Irom Sharmila, will enter the 10th year of her hunger strike demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

Introduced in 1958 the AFSPA grants the Indian military special [...]