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Repeal AFSPA: Angela Davis urges Indian Prez
Morung Express | Mumbai, December 17 (MExN):
African-American feminist and human rights defender, Angela Davis today released an appeal to the President of India to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which has been in force in most of the North East and Kashmir.
At an exclusive “meet-the-press” in Mumbai, Angela termed AFSPA an instrument of oppression on the people, in addition to being a symbol of state power and militarisation that one is increasingly witnessing in different parts of the world. “Feminist voices, analyses and solidarities are the only real challenge to such militarisation, and need to be strengthened,” she asserted.
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