Reflections on the contingencies of anti-AFSPA movement

Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 was almost unheard of to the masses until Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila launched her ‘fast unto death’ protest in November 2000 demanding revocation of this ‘draconian’ law. Crimes against the local populace committed by the ‘Armed Forces’ misusing the legal immunity presented by AFSPA, 1958 would have largely remained the gallantry award winning actions of counter-insurgency operations if Ms. Sharmila had not given teeth to the Anti-AFSPA movement.

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Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 was almost unheard of to the masses until Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila launched her ‘fast unto death’ protest in November 2000 demanding revocation of this ‘draconian’ law. Crimes against the local populace committed by the ‘Armed Forces’ misusing the legal immunity presented by AFSPA, 1958 would have largely remained the gallantry award winning actions of counter-insurgency operations if Ms. Sharmila had not given teeth to the Anti-AFSPA movement.

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