Healing Manipur
- 2015
- 1h
In Manipur in northeast India, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, or AFSPA, has been in force for more than half a century. The Act gives Indian armed forces special emergency powers, incl... Read allIn Manipur in northeast India, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, or AFSPA, has been in force for more than half a century. The Act gives Indian armed forces special emergency powers, including the sanction to kill people with impunity in the name of 'national security'. Thousa... Read allIn Manipur in northeast India, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, or AFSPA, has been in force for more than half a century. The Act gives Indian armed forces special emergency powers, including the sanction to kill people with impunity in the name of 'national security'. Thousands of women have lost their husbands and sons as a result of this out-dated colonial Act,... Read all