Rashida recommends AFSPA repeal as a matter of urgency

United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences UNSRVAW Rashida Manjoo has recommended the Government of India to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the the Armed Forces Jammu Kashmir Special Powe…

United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences UNSRVAW Rashida Manjoo has recommended the Government of India to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the the Armed Forces Jammu Kashmir Special Powers Act as a matter of urgency so as to ensure that criminal prosecution of members of the Armed Forces involved in crime against women is free from legal barriers Source Hueiyen News Service

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