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Now UN rights rapporteur recommends AFSPA repeal
Assam Tribune | Srinagar, March 10 (IANS):
Margaret Sekaggya, the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on human rights, has recommended that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and other such laws should be repealed in the light of international human rights standards.
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) Saturday said Margaret Sekaggya, who visited Kashmir Jan 19 last year, has incorporated the views of the APDP in her recommendations to the UN human rights council in the 19th session held Feb 6, 2012.
The UN rapporteur has recommended that the functioning of the national human rights commission in India should be reviewed.
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