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'National Human Rights Commission irrelevant in NE' : NPMHR
Morung Express | Dimapur, Oct 24 ( )
According to a press note from the NPMHR, unless a radical change in the laws, particularly bringing the acts of the army and paramilitary within the scope of NHRC, and also to limit the impunity enjoyed under AFSPA is changed as has been recommended by various non-state and state agencies including the Jeevan Reddy Committee, the visit of the NHRC would remain a meaningless exercise for the people of Northeast India, including Manipur.
The NPMHR noted the 1997 ruling of NPMHR vs. Union of India in which the NHRC was also a party, and where the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the AFSPA.
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