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 […]
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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 […]
Thailand: The return of the military & the defiance of common sense
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong The 19 September 2006 military coup in Thailand led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin abruptly ended the aggressive and autocratic caretaker government of Pol. Lt. […]
Rule of law a better way to combat corruption in Cambodia than rule by decree
Dr Lao Mong Hay, Senior Researcher, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong In May 2006 the World Bank announced that it had uncovered misuse of funds in seven projects […]