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Time for India to clean up its act
opendemocracy.net | Babloo Loitongbam | 22 November 2013
As the world’s largest democracy, India should champion human rights globally. Conscious of its own tawdry record, however, New Delhi’s voice is seldom heard. India should clean up its act and aggressively champion human rights abroad. Scrapping the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act would be a major step forward.
....India will have to clean up its own record at home, where human rights abuses are still widespread. Some of these abuses come to light, but many more don’t. The worst violations happen in far-flung areas of the country, where the Armed Forces, police and paramilitary forces rape and kill with impunity, all in the name of protecting India’s unity and territorial integrity.
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