The forum met in Dimapur, Nagaland, on September 28. The meeting was attended by state convenors of Manipur, Tripura, Assam and Nagaland chapter, besides the forum officials.
“While deliberating over issues of mutual concerns, all the participants strongly expressed their resentment over the continuation of the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958, which has been used particularly against the people of Nagaland and later to the whole of North-East Indian states in 1972,” the forum said in a statement today.
The forum said the imposition of the black Act to dehumanise people in political conflict areas is now being seen in Jammu and Kashmir. The situation has sharply attracted the attention of people everywhere, the forum said. It has forced the political leaders of India to debate on the necessity of retaining such Acts which only alienates the Government from the people, the forum said.
“As women of North-East India, who have been the worst sufferers of this draconian Act, both as direct victims and its consequences stands to testify that the AFSPA does not help a Government or its people in any way whatever the justification may be.
Therefore, IWFNEI resolved to condemn the imposition of the AFSPA wherever it may be, and calls for immediate revocation and withdrawal of the Act.” Dimapur, Sep 30 : Women leaders from the north-east of India today said the dehumanizing effect of Government of India’s black law the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, is being seen yet again in Jammu & Kashmir. Under the AFSPA women and children of the north-east have been the worst sufferers and the Government of India is being alienated, the Indigenous Women Forum of North-East India (IWFNEI) said today.
The forum met in Dimapur, Nagaland, on September 28. The meeting was attended by state convenors of Manipur, Tripura, Assam and Nagaland chapter, besides the forum officials.
“While deliberating over issues of mutual concerns, all the participants strongly expressed their resentment over the continuation of the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958, which has been used particularly against the people of Nagaland and later to the whole of North-East Indian states in 1972,” the forum said in a statement today.
The forum said the imposition of the black Act to dehumanise people in political conflict areas is now being seen in Jammu and Kashmir. The situation has sharply attracted the attention of people everywhere, the forum said. It has forced the political leaders of India to debate on the necessity of retaining such Acts which only alienates the Government from the people, the forum said.
“As women of North-East India, who have been the worst sufferers of this draconian Act, both as direct victims and its consequences stands to testify that the AFSPA does not help a Government or its people in any way whatever the justification may be.
Therefore, IWFNEI resolved to condemn the imposition of the AFSPA wherever it may be, and calls for immediate revocation and withdrawal of the Act.”
