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Family members of Oting firing victims have decided not to receive financial support from the Nagaland government until those behind the deaths are brought to justice and AFSPA is repealed from the entire North East.

Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People's Party supremo Conrad K Sangma on Friday pledged his party's solidarity with the people of Nagaland in demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 from the entire North-eastern region.

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The Congress in Manipur has vowed to push for "the immediate and complete removal of AFSPA" from the entire state if it is elected to power in the 2022 polls.

Nagaland Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday called for a special Assembly session on December 20 amid the demands to revoke the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. 

More than 100 students from different colleges and communities on Thursday held a sit-in protest and mass candlelight march in Itanagar against the Nagaland civilians killings.

The special session is tentatively scheduled for December 20 and the governor of Assam and Nagaland Jagdish Mukhi will formally summon it

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative also pointed out the NHRC's limitations when it comes to complaints involving the defence forces, like the recent Nagaland killings.

As human rights continue to be sacrificed at the altar of national security and other reasons, we ask ourselves whether there really is cause for celebration.

During the past few days following the Mon incident, the chorus for the repeal of AFSPA has been growing across the region