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Counting the dead in Manipur’s shoot-to-kill war

Soutik Biswas on the wave of extra-judicial killing in India’s insurgency-ridden NE State….
(Contd from yesterday)
Last July, responding to a petition filed by the families, the Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement, asked the petitioners to collect more information about the alleged murders. Even if the investigations revealed that the victim was an “enemy and an unprovoked aggressor”, the judges said, it had to be determined whether “excessive or retaliatory force was used to kill the enemy”. So the newly empowered civilian “investigators” put out adverts and appeals in the local media, and began gathering information – and potential evidence – on the killings.

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Soutik Biswas on the wave of extra-judicial killing in India’s insurgency-ridden NE State….
(Contd from yesterday)
Last July, responding to a petition filed by the families, the Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement, asked the petitioners to collect more information about the alleged murders. Even if the investigations revealed that the victim was an “enemy and an unprovoked aggressor”, the judges said, it had to be determined whether “excessive or retaliatory force was used to kill the enemy”. So the newly empowered civilian “investigators” put out adverts and appeals in the local media, and began gathering information – and potential evidence – on the killings.

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Counting the dead in Manipur’s shoot-to-kill war

Soutik Biswas on the wave of extra-judicial killing in India’s insurgency-ridden NE State….
More than 1,500 people were allegedly killed in a wave of extra-judicial executions by security forces in India’s insurgency-ridden north-eastern Manipur state between 1979 and 2012. Last year, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court asked relatives of the victims and activists to collect information on the killings. The court will rule in July whether to order an official investigation which could lead to convictions. Soutik Biswas travelled to Manipur to find out more.

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Soutik Biswas on the wave of extra-judicial killing in India’s insurgency-ridden NE State….
More than 1,500 people were allegedly killed in a wave of extra-judicial executions by security forces in India’s insurgency-ridden north-eastern Manipur state between 1979 and 2012. Last year, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court asked relatives of the victims and activists to collect information on the killings. The court will rule in July whether to order an official investigation which could lead to convictions. Soutik Biswas travelled to Manipur to find out more.

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Read more / Original news source: http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/counting-dead-manipurs-shoot-kill-war/