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Rights bodies renew cry for AFSPA repeal
Times of India | TNN | Dec 11, 2014, 06.55 AM IST
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day on Wednesday, various rights bodies in insurgency-hit Manipur have categorically called for scrapping the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
The day also marked the sixth anniversary of Sharmila Kanba Lup (Sakal) or Save Sharmila group, a body of women activists and emas (mothers), who began a relay hunger strike on this day in 2008 to express solidarity with Irom Sharmila Chanu.
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