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  After 14 years, new hopes for release of Irom Sharmila

  India | December 12, 2014 10:35 IST

  Kolkata: With the central government deciding to decriminalize attempt to suicide, there is fresh hope for the release of civil rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila who has been on a fast-unto-death for 14 years.  “We

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  'Fake encounters taken seriously due to AFSPA revocation demand'

  National | December 05, 2014 14:23 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said it was due to his demand for revocation of AFSPA that fake encounters and killings like Machil and Nowgam were taken “a lot more seriously”

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  J&K polls: Omar blames Mufti for imposition of AFSPA

  National | December 04, 2014 8:53 IST

  Soibugh (Kashmir): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has accused former CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed of being responsible for imposition of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the state during his tenure

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  Manipur government extends 'disturbed area' status

  India | December 03, 2014 10:15 IST

  Imphal: The ‘disturbed area status' for Manipur under the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been extended for another year from December 1.The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting on December 1

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  AFSPA extended for 6 months in Tripura

  India | November 29, 2014 22:04 IST

  Agartala: Tripura government has decided to extend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in 24 police station areas fully and in six police station areas partly for another six months to contain insurgency, a

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  J&K Polls: NC raking autonomy, AFSPA issues to avoid accountability, says Congress

  National | November 27, 2014 18:25 IST

  Bardal (Jammu): Hitting out at its former ally, Congress today said National Conference is raking up autonomy and AFSPA issues to avoid accountability for their non performance in the state.“NC is again resorting to their

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  AFSPA necessary in Jammu and Kashmir: K. P. S. Gill

  National | November 22, 2014 20:57 IST

  New Delhi: Former Punjab director general of police K.P.S. Gill, who is credited with ending the Punjab militancy of the 1980s, Saturday said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) was necessary in Jammu and

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  AFSPA didn't come in way of punishing guilty in Machil case: V K Singh

  National | November 15, 2014 16:10 IST

  Srinagar: Union Minister Gen (retd) V K Singh today defended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying it did not come in the way of punishing erring soldiers as was done in Machil fake

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  AFSPA obnoxious, has no place in modern India: Chidambaram

  National | November 14, 2014 22:46 IST

  New Delhi:  Welcoming the life sentence of five army personnel in the Machil fake encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir, former Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is an

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  Irom Sharmila's fast enters 15th year

  India | November 06, 2014 10:58 IST

  Imphal: Sit-in-protests, hunger strike and demonstrations joined by students, civil society organisations and human rights activists were held in Manipur to express solidarity with social activist Irom Chanu Sharmila whose fast demanding repeal of the

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  Withdraw AFSPA from the northeast, say rights groups

  India | September 12, 2014 13:43 IST

  Guwahati/Shillong: Human rights organisations from different parts of the northeast states have yet again reiterated that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), giving special powers to the armed forces, should be withdrawn.A few NGOs

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  Irom Sharmila, the Iron Lady of Manipur

  India | October 09, 2014 10:46 IST

  New Delhi: Irom Sharmila or "the Iron Lady of Manipur" does not require any introduction. Irom Chanu Sharmila is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet.Irom has been know to the world as "the

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  Irom Sharmila re-arrested on charges of attempted auicide, sent to 15 day judicial custody

  India | August 23, 2014 7:32 IST

  Imphal: Two days after she was released on court orders, civil rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila was today re-arrested by the police on fresh charges of attempt to commit suicide and remanded to judicial custody

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  Sharmila decides to stay away from home and mother

  India | August 21, 2014 16:56 IST

  Kolkata: Even after her release from detention, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila has decided to keep her vow of neither entering her house nor meeting her mother till the government repeals AFSPA.  Sharmila, 42, is

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  Irom Sharmila set free, says will continue fight against AFSPA

  India | August 20, 2014 21:16 IST

  Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, on indefinite fast in Manipur for nearly 14 years, walked free Wednesday with tears in her eyes, promising to fight to end the anti-terror act AFSPA.Sharmila, 42, was

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  Some people will never find time appropriate for removal of AFSPA: Omar Abdullah

  India | July 24, 2014 17:00 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Thursday, said “some people” will never find the time appropriate for withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state as they have a

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  Omar Abdullah meets Rajnath Singh

  India | June 20, 2014 17:56 IST

  New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed various issues pertaining to the state especially return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley, which is on

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  Court finds prima facie evidence against Irom Sharmila of attempt to commit suicide

  India | June 05, 2014 15:03 IST

  Imphal: A local court has ruled that there is prima facie evidence of attempt to commit suicide against Manipur social activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on fast for the past 13 years to

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  Break my fast by repealing AFSPA: Sharmila to Modi

  India | May 30, 2014 18:17 IST

  Kolkata: Manipur's ‘Iron lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help her break the 14-year-old hunger strike by repealing the ‘draconian' Armed Forces Special Powers Act.“I now count the days

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  Irom Sharmila wishes to meet Modi over AFSPA

  India | May 22, 2014 17:42 IST

  Imphal: Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, on a fast-unto-death since the past 10 years against alleged rights violations by security forces, wants to meet Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi to secure his help in getting AFSPA repealed