[Assam] AFSPA

[Chan Mahanta]

Ram:

It is the Armed Forces Special Powers Act that allows even an 
enlisted man to shoot anyone in Assam without ever having to  prove 
guilt or innocence of the victim, and with complete immunity from 
prosecution . The  OPEN SEASON for Assamese hunting as I call it.

But the PM , who promised a review and had the recommendations at 
least a couple of years or more, had it sealed and was never made it 
public. MInd you now, it is the same PM, whose daughter is a fearless 
fighter for human rights with the ACLU here in the USA and has taken 
the Bush Admin. on, successfully, on behalf of  Guantanamo and Afghan 
detainees .

Long ago I  lost ALL trust on Indian promises on these matters.


c-da






At 10:16 AM -0600 6/25/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da,
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>I don't know much about  AFSPA, but sounds evil. Is it like POTA or something?
>But hopefully, as the montri is suggesting, the AFSPA is on the way out.
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>--Ram
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>On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>Good to hear from you Utpal.
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>We have heard of these RECOMMENDATIONS, time and again.
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>But what translates into action or what OTHER Avatar it might 
>re-appear as, are the big questions?
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>At 3:48 PM +0100 6/25/07, utpal borpujari wrote:
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>>Some good news for NE. The Administrative Reforms Commission, 
>>headed by Veerappa Moily, has recommended that the dreaded Armed 
>>Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 should be repealed. The gist of 
>>its recommendations made public a few hours ago, goes like this :
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>"AFSPA, 1958 should be repealed. To provide for an enabling 
>legislation for deployment of Armed Forces of the Union in the NE 
>States of the country, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 
>1967 should be amended by inserting a new chapter VI A as 
>recommended by the Committee fo Review the AFSPA, 1958. The new 
>chapter VI A would apply only to the NE States."
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>I think Sanjoy-da (Hazarika) would be able to tell us more about the 
>Chapter VI A. As we all know, he was a member of the Justice Jeevan 
>Reddy Committee (The review committee), which also is understood to 
>have recommended its repeal. That report is not yet public, though.
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>Utpal Borpujari
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