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NHRC questions rationale of continuing with AFSPA
Indian Express | Mon Dec 05 2011, 17:51 hrs:
Questioning the rationale of continuing with the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Human Rights Commission has said the government itself has noted that the country does not face any armed conflict situations.
The NHRC observation came in its second universal periodic review of human rights in the country. "The AFSPA remains in force in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-Eastern States, conferring an impunity that often leads to the violation of human rights.
"This, despite the fact that India's 2011 report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention of Rights of Child (CRC) states that India does not face either international or non international armed conflict situations," the NHRC report said.
On the Naxal movement, it said the spread of this violent Left-wing extremist movement is a cautionary tale.
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