TODAY -
Army firm on AFSPA in disturbed areas
- Recent events in J&K affirm stand
The Telegraph | Sujan Dutta | New Delhi, July 26:
The army continues to remain staunchly opposed to lifting the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from any of the areas in which it is deployed for counter-insurgency purposes.
If anything, and despite the observations of the Supreme Court earlier this month, the army is now even more resolved that its soldiers and officers on counter-insurgency duties require immunity from prosecution because of recent events in the Kashmir Valley where the killing of militant Burhan Wani led to street protests in which security personnel were attacked.
"Soldiers too have human rights," is the refrain from the defence and internal security establishments.
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