ADVERTISEMENT

Naga Hills

Dangers of army being law unto itself are self-evident

While the report on human rights violations in Kashmir of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, has drawn all of India’s attention and ire, the same office also put out on July 4 a scathing indictment of the record in the North East. It said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), tasked by the Supreme Court to investigate the veracity of the charge of 1,528 fake encounter killings by security forces in Manipur, is seemingly stalling the investigation. It is the latest scar on the country’s democratic credentials, thanks to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958.

06 August 2019, 07:15 IST

Dangers of army being law unto itself are self-evident

Dangers of army being law unto itself are self-evident

Dangers of army being law unto itself are self-evident

06 August 2019, 07:15 IST