AFSPA extended for 6 months in Assam prokerala.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prokerala.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An official of the Nagaland Home Department said in Kohima that the entire Nagaland on Wednesday was declared as a "disturbed area" for another six months by the Union Home Ministry.
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Disturbed area Act promulgated in Nagaland, Manipur (Ld)
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Manipur: Security personnel inspect the place of a blast where a powerful remote controlled bomb was detonated near Telipati, Imphal east district in Manipur on Nov 3, 2019. Reportedly three personnel of 120 Border Security Force were seriously wound. Image Source: IANS News
Kohima/Imphal, Dec 30 : The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which allow security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without any prior warrant, was promulgated in Nagaland and Manipur in view of the disturbing situations , officials said on Wednesday.
An official of the Nagaland Home Department said in Kohima that the entire Nagaland on Wednesday was declared as a disturbed area for another six months by the Union Home Ministry.
India fails to ratify International Convention on Enforced Disappearance that turns ten! A closer look into the countries that are yet to ratify it and acknowledge the human rights violation
Sabrangindia22 Dec 2020
December 23, 2020 shall mark the tenth anniversary of The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED), an international human rights instrument of the United Nations that was adopted to prevent forced disappearances defined in international law as acts committed against civilians in times of war.
This treaty endorses the principle of “Affirming the right of any victim to know the truth about the circumstances of an enforced disappearance and the fate of the disappeared person, and the right to freedom to seek, receive and impart information to this end”, as its Preamble reads.