AFSPA
UN Special Rapporteur for repeal of AFSPA
in Kashmir, North East
New
Delhi, May 1: UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women,
Rashida Manjoo on Wednesday urged Government of India to withdraw AFSPA from Kashmir and North Eastern states. “The
Act (AFSPA) violates international laws India is obliged to follow,” Mangoo
told reporters at UN’s office here. “AFSPA and PSA has mostly resulted in impunity
from human rights violations,” she said. She said AFSPA protects the armed forces from
effective prosecution in non-military courts for human rights violations
committed against civilian women among others, and it allows overriding due
process rights. “In testimonies
received, it was clear that interpretation and implementation of this act, is
eroding fundamental rights and freedoms-including freedom of movement,
association, and peaceful assembly, safety and security, dignity and bodily
integrity rights for women in Jammu
and Kashmir and in North-eastern,” she said.
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