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In the backdrop of this horrible killing of 17 Naga coal miners, Naga people must decide the price of their silence against militarisation and AFSPA.

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has earned notoriety for engendering a culture of immunity to forces operating in conflict areas.

Shah also said that later, to disperse agitated crowds, the forces had to open fire twice, killing more people.

The Indian Army has ordered a Court of Inquiry headed by an officer of Major General rank into the Nagaland firing incident, in which 14 civilians were killed, official sources said Tuesday. The investigations will focus on the intelligence and circumstances that led to the killings, they said. Former senior Army officers on Monday called the incident, an operation of the 21

'None of the statements by the authorities so far indicates that, if found guilty, sanction will be granted and due process of law will follow.'

14 civilians and a soldier became the target of special armed forces when they were fired upon at the night-time in the Mon district of Nagaland on the evening of Dec 4.

Amid outrage over the killings of 14 civilians in a botched up army operation against insurgents, Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio said that the state government has decided to write to the Centre appealing for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), a law that gives sweeping powers to the army in troubled regions.

The North East Students Union (NESU) condemning in the strongest terms the killing of 13 civilians at Oting in the Mon district of Nagaland by the Central security forces

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday strongly demanded the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 as hundreds of people bid an emotional farewell to the 14 civilians killed by...

FPJ Edit: Nagaland tragedy -- apologies, inquiries won’t work; first, bridge the yawning trust deficit between govt & the people