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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice Arun Mishra on Friday said it would be wrong to generalise that human rights get violated due to the imposition of AFSPA in some of the northeastern states.

Cant say if any human rights violation is taking place because of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), said National Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice Arun Mishra.

The NHRC Chairperson also said that in a civilised society like India, there is no room for fake encounters.

Sangma has raised his voice again against AFSPA after the killing of 14 civilians in a botched-up army operation in Nagaland - Issue Date: Dec 27, 2021

However, Justice Arun Mishra said, "The government should review the need for application or withdrawal of the Act."

The Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organisation (ENPO), a top tribal body, also staged demonstrations in Tuensang, Longleng, Kiphire, and Noklak districts.

"...we, as party people, are hurt after hearing our top leader Amit Shah telling a lie in Parliament on December 6. We know it was a lie, we know our people didn’t try to flee, because we were soon at the spot."

The government was heard admitting many mistakes in Parliament in the second week of the winter session.

If Vir Das looks to Nagaland, the welcoming mountainous north-east Indian state with a history of the longest surviving insurgency in Asia, the stand-up comic cannot run short of material for a 'two Nagalands' monologue. The dubious duality of Nagaland's state of affairs is indeed a joke. But it isn't funny anymore. Instead, there is grief and anger as fresh corpses of

Eastern Nagaland civil society groups have adopted several resolutions including non-cooperation with the armed forces following the recent killing of 14 civilians in the state’s Mon district.