Longjam Surjit: Shot dead looking for a horse 1. VICTIM: Longjam Surjit, 18 INCIDENT: Extrajudicial killing ALLEGED PERPETRATORS: 22 Maratha Light Infantry personnel DATE: 31 August 2006 PLACE: Samurou, Imphal […]
Month: December 2006
The militarisation of Manipur
Laishramcha Jinine, Program Executive, Human Rights Alert, Manipur, India People throughout Manipur live in fear of the sound of three to four olive green jeeps or vans roaring through a […]
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act: An unproclaimed emergency & gross injustice
Dr Naorem Sanajaoba, Professor and Dean of Law Faculty, Gauhati University, Asom, India Extrajudicial executions and other naked human rights violations have been a fact of life in the northeastern […]
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958: “Procedure established by law”?
Khangembam Chonjohn, Former Member, Manipur Human Rights Commission & Former General Secretary, Civil Liberties & Human Rights Organization, Manipur, India Amid the clash of arms, laws are not silent. They […]
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958
Act 28 of 1958, 11 September 1958 An Act to enable certain special powers to be conferred upon members of the armed forces in disturbed areas in the State […]
Militarisation and impunity in Manipur
Jiten Yumnam & Phulindro Konsam, Committee on Human Rights, Manipur, India Manipur, which is situated on the border of Burma in India’s northeast, has witnessed low-intensity armed conflict ever since […]
“Every mother in this place will have a similar story to tell”: Illegal arrest, arbitrary detention & torture in Manipur
N Boinao, Priyokumar, Brojen Toigam & Oinam Hemanta: “It was horrible to see young men treated this way” 1. VICTIMS: 1. N Boinao, 21, son of N Amuchou 2. Priyokumar, […]
Appendix II: Concluding Observations of the UN Human Rights Committee on the report of India, 1997 (Extracts)
18. The Committee remains concerned at the continuing reliance on special powers under legislation such as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the Public Safety Act and the National Security […]
Appendix I: Report of the Committee to Review the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 (Extracts)
Part III, Chapter I 1. The Committee, with a view to ascertain the views, opinions in Manipur on the AFSPA and its implementation, issued a notification calling for responses from […]