Fourteen civilians were killed in Nagaland's Mon district in December in Indian Army's botched ambush and subsequent clashes.
The Court of Inquiry is being analysed along with the SIT report into the incident in which 14 civilians were killed.
AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without any prior warrant. They also have immunity from arrest and prosecution for any...
As civilian deaths continue in Northeast India, the question of repealing Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act rises again
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said: ‘The central government is considering the matter and we are hopeful of a positive decision soon’.
A report released by the Eastern Naga Students' Federation has tried to dispel misinformation and fake news about the firing by security forces that led to the...
Fourteen civilians were killed by security forces in firing incidents in Mon district earlier this month, triggering demands in Nagaland to withdraw AFSPA from...
The Nagaland government has said that a committee will be formed to look into the withdrawal of the controversial Armed Force Special (Special Powers) Act.
Six coal miners were shot dead by security forces in an ambush in Nagaland's Oting on December 4 as they returned from Tiru where they worked. Seven more...
It’s a blessing in disguise to be born as a daughter in the land of brave warriors, especially in this era when we are witnessing constant changes in society
AFSPA was supposed to be a 'temporary measure'. But it has survived till date. In that, it’s an exception that has been normalised and become a norm.
In the killing fields of Nagaland, past and present provide a peek into the lives of long-suffering people who cling on to hope of better days
Two poems by Temsula Ao who was awarded the Padmashri in 2007, refer to underground groups which have filled the minds of Naga youth with violence and hatred,...
The Northeastern state of Manipur has suffered for decades due to wanton use of military might under AFSPA that renders fundamental right of a citizen...
India’s Northeast is the last bastion of resistance against rapacious, extractive policies that seek to bankrupt the earth within the lifespan of one...
The excuse of ‘mistaken identity’ is a double-edged sword. If the Army can use it to justify fake encounters, can the Nagas too?
Just another day in Nagaland, under the shadow of the gun, cowering under unfathomable State brutality
The protests that have been rocking the Blue Mountains of Nagaland since the December 4 massacre, don't even appear as a dreamscape in the horizon of the...
AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) has been again in focus after Mon incident, following which the chorus has grown for its repeal in the Northeast India.
With people of Northeast facing inhuman atrocities as security forces get away with murder, it's time this draconian law must go.
In Nagaland's Oting, the graves of the 13 men who were killed on December 4, bear the stories of their lives.
Nagaland firing incident resulted into the killing of 14 civilians and a soldier. The botched anti-insurgency operation and retaliatory violence on December 4...
Expressing his condolences to the Konyak community, to which the civilians belonged, the chief minister appealed them to maintain peace.
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An associate professor from Kohima, Dr. Buno Iralu, shares with us the grief of losing her brother who was killed in 1998 owing to the draconian Armed Forces...
In light of the recent civilian killings in Nagaland's Mon district, H Kemya Yanlem, a student from Nagaland, shares with us how the never-ending cycle of...
