Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 - Manipur Experience
- A Booklet by Campaign for Peace & Democracy (Manipur) -

Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958;
M a n i p u r    E x p e r i e n c e

C o n t e n t s

• Foreword 3
• With the Torch Bearers of Manipur 5
• 1942 The Armed Forces Special Powers Ordinance 17
• 1949 Manipur Administration Order 19
• 1950 Sardar Patel's Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru 20
• 1958 Indian Parliamentary Debate on AFSPA 1958 26
• 1958 The Armed Forces Special Powers Act 30
• 1972 The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (amended) 32
• 1973 A Fact of Life 34
• 1974 Most Beloved 36
• 1978 Disturbed Area 38
• 1980 Disturbed Areas 41
• 1980 Eikhoigee wakat (Our Cry) 43
• 1980 Petition of the Women Society of the East 47
• 1980 Reckless Homocidal Government of Dorendro 49
• 1980 War Cry of the Bloodstained Manipuri Women 50
• 1987 Army Rule 53
• 1988 Different Norms 54
• 1989 Army vs Civil Administration 56
• 1991 Army Terror in Kachai 58
• 1991 UN HRC Concluding Observation 1991 60
• 1992 International Human Rights Day 62
• 1993 Imphal Rally Against AFSPA 1958 64
• 1994 Human Rights Resolution of the National Seminar 65
• 1997 Indian Supreme Court Ruling on AFSPA 67
• 1997 Official Sanction for Killings in Manipur 70
• 1997 UN HRC Concluding Observations 78
• 1999 Declaration on People’s Solidarity with the UN 81
• 2004 Women Give Vent to Naked Fury 84
• 2004 Torture and Murder of a Woman 86
• 2004 AI Call for repeal or review of the AFSPA 87
• 2004 Apunba lup memorandum against AFSPA 89
• 2004 Suicide Note of Chittaranjan 93
• 2004 Indian Parliamentary Debate on AFSPA 95
• 2005 Jeevan Reddy Review Committee on AFSPA 98
• 2006 Miss Sharmila’s Prayer for Justice 100
• 2006 The Struggle Continues; the Fight Reclaims 111
• 2006 Against AFSPA: Militarization and Impunity 113
• 2006 No to the barbaric Armed Forces Special Powers Act 115
• 2006 Memorandum against AFSPA 117
• 2006 Open Letter to EP-SAARC India Delegation 119
• 2006 WCAL statement against AFSPA 123
• 2007 Persistence of Impunity in Northeast Region 125
• 2007 Media restrictions in Manipur 133
• 2007 Submission of Committee on Human Right to UPR 135
• 2008 India: Extra-judicial killing 146
• 2008 UN Observations on India 148
• 2008 UPR Recommendations to India 154
• 2010 AFSPA Must Continue in Northeast 156
• 2010 CPDM Statement on AFSPA 159