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India: Army Killings Fuel Insurgency in Manipur
Government Should Heed Own Commission and Repeal Laws Fostering Impunity
Soldiers and police are protected by laws granting immunity and officials unwilling to hold them accountable for serious crimes.
Meenakshi Ganguly, senior researcher on South Asia at Human Rights Watch

India: Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act
The Indian government should fully prosecute army, paramilitary, and police personnel responsible for killings and torture in the northeastern state of Manipur, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
Human rights violations by Indian security forces have fueled the armed opposition in Manipur. Armed groups have carried out torture, killings, indiscriminately used bombs and land mines, engaged in forced recruitment, and conducted widespread extortion.
The 79-page report, 'These Fellows Must Be Eliminated': Relentless Violence and Impunity in Manipur, documents the failure of justice in the state, where for 50 years the army, empowered and protected by the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), has committed numerous serious human rights violations.
Soldiers and police are protected by laws granting immunity and officials unwilling to hold them accountable for serious crimes, said Meenakshi Ganguly, senior researcher on South Asia at Human Rights Watch and author of the report. These laws perpetuate human rights abuses, which drive civilians to seek the protection of one or other armed group.


The report details the failure of justice in the killing and possible rape of alleged militant Thangjam Manorama Devi by the paramilitary Assam Rifles in 2004.
The report documents specific cases of extrajudicial executions and torture by soldiers, paramilitaries, and police in Manipur since 2006, and the Indian government s failure to curb the abuses. Torture of detainees, in particular severe beatings during interrogations of suspected militants and their supporters, remains common. Torture victims described to Human Rights Watch how they were arbitrarily arrested, beaten, and subjected to electric shocks and simulated drowning (waterboarding).

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SLA Claymore attack kills 3 Tamil civilians in Vanni

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit triggered a Claymore mine targeting a civilian vehicle killing a 12-year-old boy, his 53-year-old father and a 34-year-old man on the spot at Channasip-Paranthan, 5 km north of Pu'liyangku'lam on Pu'liyangku'lam Nedungkea'ni Road Tuesday morning around 8:45, Tamileelam Police said. The mother and the driver of the vehicle were seriously wounded and rushed to Mullaiththeevu hospital. The vehicle was returning to Vavuniyaa after delivering weekly newspapers to Vanni.

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Sornam has escaped into the junlges badly wounded...:-)

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Sornam has escaped into the junlges badly wounded...:-)