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Media should raise voice against AFSPA
Morung Express | IANS | New Delhi, Dec 8 ()
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, has been in force in India’s northeast for the past 54 years and also in Jammu and Kashmir and the media should collectively raise their voices against the draconian law, experts said at a seminar here Saturday.
Media reporting on AFSPA is only about its imposition in Jammu and Kashmir.. It is forgotten that it is in place in the Northeast for 54 years,” said Hazarika, author, columnist and Director of the Centre for North East Studies at the Jamia Millia Islamia here. “We cannot have an act for 54 years, 65 years after our Independence.. This constitutes discrimination and it is placed in the bedrock of law.. We have to raise our voices against it,” said Hazarika.
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