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UN body appeal for AFSPA repeal
Times of India | Abdul Gani | Aug 23, 2014, 06.18 AM IST
UN body, which works on crime against women, has appealed for the withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from the northeast states, lending strength to the cause of human rights crusader Irom Sharmila, who was arrested yet again on Friday
"AFSPA should be repealed so that violence against women, perpetrated by the armed forces, be brought under the purview of ordinary criminal law of the country and all pending cases be settled," the CEDAW report said.
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